Suspended govt official, private contractor held for Rs.4.6cr scam
New Delhi, July 1 -- The Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) has arrested a suspended executive engineer of the Delhi government's irrigation and flood control (I&FC) department and a private contractor for allegedly stealing more than Rs.4.6 crore public funds meant for a civic project in Siraspur, police said on Monday.
The accused were identified as Gagan Kureel, the suspended executive engineer, and Arun Gupta, a proprietor of Baba Construction Pvt Ltd. "The two were arrested after a probe revealed fraudulent disbursal of payments for road and drain works that were never executed," said joint commissioner of police (ACB) Madhur Verma.
The ACB probe began after a tip-off to the I&FC department's vigilance branch, after which a physical verifica...
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