Face2News/New Delhi
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has conducted searches at 26 locations across 11 States/ Union Territories, namely J&K, Ladakh, Delhi, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland in connection with 04 criminal cases pertaining to misappropriation of funds of Border Road Organization (BRO).
These cases relate to irregularities in deployment of casual labourers and payments released in the name of fake casual labourers in the Project Vijayak and Yojak in the UT of Ladakh. 04 FIRs were registered in this connection based on criminal complaints lodged by the Ministry of Defence, based on an internal enquiry conducted by Technical Board of Officers of BRO.
The offence relates to misappropriation of government funds, cheating, forgery, criminal breach of trust and criminal conspiracy under IPC and offence of criminal misconduct and bribery under PC Act, 1988. A total of 10 officers of the rank of Lt. Col., Major and Engineers along with certain private persons have been named in the FIRs.
Several incriminating documents and digital evidence have been recovered during the searches and investigation is continuing.
CBI is committed to conduct a comprehensive investigation in these cases in the quickest possible time.
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