The Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI has registered cases against 16 public servants and 173 private persons/companies on allegations of irregularities in the implementation of various works worth ₹407 crore relating to the Gomti River Channelization Project and Gomti River Front Development Project. Raids have been carried out today at around 40 locations including Lucknow, Sitapur, Raebareilly, Ghaziabad, Gautam Budh Nagar, Aligarh, Gorakhpur, Agra, Bulandshahar, Etah, Moradabad, Meerut, Etawah (all in Uttar Pradesh) and Alwar(Rajasthan), Kolkata(West Bengal) at the premises of accused including the then Chief Engineers, then Superintending Engineers, the then Executive Engineer, the then Assistant Engineer and the private contractors, firms and companies. During the raids, incriminating documents or articles have been found. The probe is underway. With agency inputsSubscribe to Mint Newsletters * Enter a valid email * Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter.

Source: Mint July 05, 2021 18:11 UTC