CBI books senior BCCL officers for illegal payment of Rs 22 crore
New Delhi, Jan 4 : The CBI has booked some senior officers of public sector undertaking Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) for allegedly siphoning off Rs 22.16 crore through illegal payment routed through a Dhanbad-based company, officials said Friday.
In its FIR, the investigation agency has booked BCCL officers posted in the Bastacolla area, including then General Manager P K Dubey, Additional General Manager A K Jha, Area Survey Officer M K Singh, Project Officer B K Jha, Colliery Managers N C Ghosh and Arun Kumar, Colliery Surveyor Lalan Kumar Singh, and AT-Libra BPL (JV) represented through Rahul Singh.
It is alleged that during 2015-18, these public servants entered into a criminal conspiracy with Singh to cheat BCCL Dhanbad by showing excess removal of overburden to the tune of 35.30 lakh cubic metre by making false entries in measurement books for which an alleged illegal payment of Rs 22.16 crore was made to Singh's company.
In mining lexicon, overburden is the layer of earth, including soil and rock, which is to be removed to access ore deposits at open cast mines.
The company AT-Libra BPL (JV) was given a work order in 2012 by BCCL Dhanbad for removal of coal and overburden for a period of 72 months.
The company submitted fake inflated monthly running bills purportedly showing excess removal which were cleared by the accused BCCL officials on the basis of joint measurement recorded in measurement books containing progressive figures of total volume excavated, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has alleged.
"The monthly running bills were paid after deducting the previous progressive figure of excavated volume from subsequent progressive figure. AT-Libra (JV) was given extension for additional 625 days for completion of ongoing contractual work," the FIR alleged.
During a surprise check done by CBI officials and BCCL using 3D laser scanning machines in March last year, it surfaced that officials, in their measurement books, showed excess removal of overburden to the tune of 35.30 lakh cubic metre by making false entries for which a payment of Rs 22.16 crore was made to the company and a corresponding gain to themselves.
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Hit by car, delivery agent dies after falling from flyover in Delhi
New Delhi (PTI): A food delivery agent died after falling from the Dabri flyover in southwest Delhi when his scooter was allegedly hit by a car on Thursday morning, police said.
The car driver fled from the spot, police said.
A PCR call was received at 7:35 am informing that a person had fallen from the Dabri flyover on Pankha road and required immediate medical assistance, they said.
A police team rushed to the spot and found a damaged scooter and a car on the flyover. The scooter rider sustained serious injuries and was immediately shifted to a nearby hospital in an ambulance, where doctors declared him dead, they added.
According to police, the victim was identified as Rajkumar, a resident of Jharkhand's Godda district. He was working as a delivery executive with a private food delivery service in Delhi.
The car involved in the accident bears a Delhi registration number and is registered in the name of a Dabri resident, police said.
"The body has been preserved in a mortuary and efforts are underway to apprehend the absconding driver," a senior police officer said.
A case has been registered under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and an investigation is underway to ascertain the exact sequence of events leading to the accident, police said.
