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, 11th
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.
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