The CBI arrested an deputy general manager of Oil India Limited published in Duliajan de Assam and in an executive of the private company for alleged bribery or ₹ 7 Lakh, authorities said Monday.
Prayas Chakravorty, Deputy General Manager (DGM) of Oil India Limited (Oil), had allegedly demanded the bribery of Jyoti Kumar Singh, the DGM of United Drilling Tools Limited, based in Noida, by the award of a certain contract in favor of the private company, they said.
Both were arrested and produced before a special CBI court in Ghaziabad on Monday.
“It was also alleged that the accused public servant (Chakravorty) demanded 70 grams of gold ornament for himself, as well as for a known public server of DGM (Singh) or said a private company in Favan or certain or certain or certain or certain or ctaespespespespallience.”
Singh told the accused official that he could not organize the gold jewels and that he would pay in cash, the officials said.
United Drilling Tools MD Kunal Gupta, also accused in the FIR, organized ₹ 7 Lakh to be delivered to Chakravorty, according to the statement.
Upon receiving cash, Chakravorty supposedly bought gold coins worth more than RS 3.70 Lakh of a store in Noida and Tok at home the remaining amount in cash the same day.
“The CBI placed a trap immersed and caught the public server accused with the dough with ₹ 3.34 Lakh in cash (approx) and documents related to the purchase of gold from the possession of the accused public servant,” said the spokesman in the statement.
“Searches were made in residential and official premises of the defendants in various places of Delhi, Noida, Dibrugarh and Tensukia that led to the recovery of gold jewels (obtained as bribes), more than ₹ 30 Lakh in cash (private people), mobile,” mobile people “,” mobile, “mobile”, “mobile people”, “declaration”.
Posted on May 5, 2025