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Hans India
03-07-2025
- Hans India
ED raids across multiple cities in Delhi Jal Board STP scam case; Rs 41 lakh in cash seized
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted extensive search operations across multiple cities, including Delhi, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, and Hyderabad on July 3, in connection with a corruption case linked to the Delhi Jal Board's (DJB) sewage treatment projects. The probe stems from an FIR lodged by the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) of the Delhi Government against M/s Euroteck Environmental Pvt Ltd and others under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Prevention of Corruption Act. The case pertains to alleged irregularities in the awarding of contracts worth Rs 1,943 crore for the augmentation and upgradation of 10 Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) in the national Capital. The four key tenders — related to STPs at Pappankalan, Nilothi, Najafgarh, Keshopur, Coronation Pillar, Narela, Rohini, and Kondli — were awarded in October 2022 to three Joint Venture (JV) firms. According to the FIR, only three JVs participated in all four tenders, each securing one or two contracts through apparent mutual arrangement. Investigators suspect collusion among the JVs to manipulate the bidding process. The ACB alleges that the tendering process was deliberately made restrictive — notably through the imposition of the Integrated Fixed-film Activated Sludge technology requirement — limiting the number of eligible bidders. Moreover, the estimated cost of the projects was inflated from Rs 1,546 crore to Rs 1,943 crore without proper justification or revised project reports, allegedly causing a significant loss to public funds. ED's findings corroborated the FIR, revealing that all three JVs submitted identical experience certificates from a Taiwanese project, which were accepted by the DJB without verification. After securing the tenders, the JVs subcontracted the entire work to Euroteck Environmental Pvt Ltd, the original accused in the FIR. During the searches, ED officials seized Rs 41 lakh in cash, along with several incriminating documents and digital evidence. The ED stated that further investigation is underway to trace the money trail and identify the role of officials and private entities involved in the alleged scam. ED raids across multiple cities in Delhi Jal Board STP scam case; Rs 41 lakh in cash seized
Time of India
27-04-2025
- Time of India
₹550 crore medical purchase scam: Chhattisgarh ACB/EOW files chargesheet against six
Raipur: The Chhattisgarh Anti-Corruption Bureau/Economic Offences Wing ( ACB/EOW ) on Saturday filed a chargesheet against six persons for alleged irregularities in purchase of medical equipment and reagent chemicals in 2023 that caused a loss of ₹550 crore to the state exchequer, an official said. The 18000-page chargesheet names Shashank Chopda, director of Mokshit Corporation, and Basant Kumar Kaushik , Chhirod Rautia, Kamalkant Patanwar, Dr Anil Parsai and Deepak Kumar Bandhe, who were posted with the state-run Chhattisgarh Medical Services Corporation Ltd (CGMSCL) at the time, he added. "Kaushik was in charge general manager (equipment) and deputy manager (purchase and operations) of CGMSCL. Rautia and Bandhe were biomedical engineers. Patanwar was then deputy manager (equipment) and Parsai was then deputy director (stores). Chopda was nabbed on January 29, while the five were held in March," he said. On January 22 this year the ACB/EOW lodged a case against officials of the CGMSCL (Raipur) and Directorate of Health Services department as well as four firms, namely Mokshit Corporation (Durg), CB Corporation (Durg), Records and Medicare System HSIIDC (Panchkula, Haryana) and Shri Sharda Industries (Raipur), as well as others. The case was lodged under Indian Penal Code and Prevention of Corruption Act, the official added. As per the ACB/EOW, the alleged scam involves purchase of reagents and equipment without checking requirement/availability of these items in health centres. The CGMSCL has made purchases worth billions of rupees between January 2022 to October 31, 2023 in collusion with Mokshit Corporation and its shell company, its said. "For instance, the EDTA tube used for collecting blood samples was purchased from Mokshit Corporation at the rate of Rs 2,352 per piece, while the same material was purchased by other institutions at a maximum rate of Rs 8.50," it said. The CBC machine, which is sold by the manufacturing companies in the open market for Rs 5,00,000, was provided to CGMSC for Rs 17 lakh by Mokshit Corporation, the ACB/EOW as claimed.
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Business Standard
26-04-2025
- Business Standard
Rs 550 cr medical purchase scam: Chargesheet against six in Chhattisgarh
The Chhattisgarh Anti-Corruption Bureau/Economic Offences Wing (ACB/EOW) on Saturday filed a chargesheet against six persons for alleged irregularities in purchase of medical equipment and reagent chemicals in 2023 that caused a loss of Rs 550 crore to the state exchequer, an official said. The 18000-page chargesheet names Shashank Chopda, director of Mokshit Corporation, and Basant Kumar Kaushik, Chhirod Rautia, Kamalkant Patanwar, Dr Anil Parsai and Deepak Kumar Bandhe, who were posted with the state-run Chhattisgarh Medical Services Corporation Ltd (CGMSCL) at the time, he added. "Kaushik was in charge general manager (equipment) and deputy manager (purchase and operations) of CGMSCL. Rautia and Bandhe were biomedical engineers. Patanwar was then deputy manager (equipment) and Parsai was then deputy director (stores). Chopda was nabbed on January 29, while the five were held in March," he said. On January 22 this year the ACB/EOW lodged a case against officials of the CGMSCL (Raipur) and Directorate of Health Services department as well as four firms, namely Mokshit Corporation (Durg), CB Corporation (Durg), Records and Medicare System HSIIDC (Panchkula, Haryana) and Shri Sharda Industries (Raipur), as well as others. The case was lodged under Indian Penal Code and Prevention of Corruption Act, the official added. As per the ACB/EOW, the alleged scam involves purchase of reagents and equipment without checking requirement/availability of these items in health centres. The CGMSCL has made purchases worth billions of rupees between January 2022 to October 31, 2023 in collusion with Mokshit Corporation and its shell company, its said. "For instance, the EDTA tube used for collecting blood samples was purchased from Mokshit Corporation at the rate of Rs 2,352 per piece, while the same material was purchased by other institutions at a maximum rate of Rs 8.50," it said. The CBC machine, which is sold by the manufacturing companies in the open market for Rs 5,00,000, was provided to CGMSC for Rs 17 lakh by Mokshit Corporation, the ACB/EOW as claimed.
