CBI Pune team arrested Two ITS officers at Aurangabad on Friday, Later released by CBI court-SNEA MH

CBI Pune team arrested Two ITS officers at Aurangabad on Friday, Later released by CBI court: (A Media Report, Times News network):  The CBI (anti-corruption ) team from Pune on Friday, 11^th Nov 2011 arrested two senior officers of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Aurangabad, for allegedly causing financial losses to the tune of Rs 52.68 lakh in connivance with a private agent in 2006-07.The CBI had, in 2009,registered offences against two ITS officers. Both of them were produced before the special CBI court of M B Satarkar here,which ordered their release as the chargesheet was filed. Offences had also been registered against one BSNLs business development officer and one agent for selling SIM cards under the handset bundling scheme and both of them are absconding, said senior inspector N M Parab of the CBI. Parab said the telecom officials, in connivance with said agent,in 2006-7 inflicted a loss of Rs 32.82 lakh in the handset bundling scheme. As per the scheme, BSNL had tied up with handset companies to provide handsets with BSNL SIM cards.  whose services were acquired for marketing and distribution, was to receive Rs 200 per card. He was found to have submitted bogus bills of Rs 32.82 lakh,which the BSNL officials concerned approved and subsequently paid to said Agent. Similarly, the four were allegedly involved in converting 23,000 recharge coupons from Rs 79 to Rs 561,causing a loss of Rs 8.92 lakh to the BSNL to benefit Agrawal while they were also involved in making a bogus expenditure of over Rs 9 lakh. They have been charged for causing a loss of Rs 52.68 lakh to the BSNL. Inspectors D K Bali and Manoj Nair were also a part of the team that arrested the telecom officials, said Parab. Click here to view news in Print media>>>>>>>