CBI registers disproportionate assets case against former NHIDCL GM of state-owned NHIDCL in Mokokchung Nagaland.
According to sources, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against the former general manager of state-owned NHIDCL for allegedly possessing disproportionate assets worth Rs 96.69 lakh in Mokokchung, Nagaland, and searched the premises of the accused.
CBI sources said, it was alleged that the accused General Manager of National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) Bhagwan Das Jangde had acquired a huge amount of assets during the period from April 1, 2015, to April 16 this year, which included Movable and immovable properties.
Mr. Das's assets were approximately Rs 1,76,05,422, which includes three different bank accounts - Rs 1,13,49,019 in Arunachal Pradesh, Rs 42,61,392 in Nagaland and Rs 3,27,621 in New Delhi - which were disproportionate to his known sources of income of around Rs 96,68,971.
The CBI conducted searches at the premises of Das and others, including in Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh), in which Rs 5 lakh in cash and other incriminating documents were also recovered.
The investigating agency said that further investigation is on NHIDCL, under the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, is executing various infrastructure projects in the various North Eastern States.