India, Feb. 16 -- Six officials of the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) have been booked by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for allegedly clearing bogus bills raised by a contractor, in a scam estimated at Rs.24.19 crore. The project relates to the construction of a high-altitude, 15.32-km road in Arunachal Pradesh.

Three others, all of them associated with the Nagpur-based contractor, have also been booked in the case. The contractor's firm had allegedly raised false bills after partially completing the road in a contract awarded by NHIDCL. The payments were made between 2021 and 2023.

The contract, for the construction of a road from Doginala to Gau in Upper Subansiri district in ...