The CBI has arrested Executive Director of Power Grid Corporation of India B.S. Jha and five officials of Tata Projects, including its executive VP Desh Raj Pathak and assistant VP R.N. Singh, in connection with alleged bribery to favour the private company, officials said on July 7.
The probe agency arrested the accused after conducting searches at 11 locations on July 6 which continued till July 7, and recovered ₹93 lakh from the premises of Jha in Gurugram, they said.
Mr. Jha, who was posted in Itanagar, was under the surveillance of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) during which the agency got an input that he was allegedly receiving bribes from the executives of Tata Projects and other companies for granting favours, they said.
