The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered five cases against several officers of the Military Engineering Services (MES), posted in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur, for allegedly “extending favours to some companies” in the grant of work contracts that were never executed, but over ₹16 crore was paid to them.
The agency has alleged that the former Garrison Engineer (GE) awarded 59 contracts to private firms from financial year 2020-21 to 2022-23 for various civil, electrical, mechanical and associated works in the defence offices, residential complexes, etc. The accused officer accepted abnormally low rates quoted by the contractors which were not feasible. Those works were not executed.
