A CSD OFFICIAL AND A
PVT COMPANY OWNER ALLEGEDLY RAN A RACKET BY MANIPULATING THE DEMAND OF
GOODS FOR CSD IN FAVOUR OF THE COMPANY’S CLIENTS
MUMBAI: The anti- corruption branch of the Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) on Saturday arrested a senior official of the
Canteen Stores Department (CSD) and a private company owner for
allegedly running a racket by manipulating the demand of various goods
for the CSD in favour of the clients of the company.
The CSD operates from its head office in Mumbai and has depots across the country to provide consumer goods to the personnel of Army, Navy and Air Force at uniform and concessional rate.
The CBI caught Bikas Ranjan Daschaudhary, joint general manager, CSD, and Milind Govilkar director of Sankalp Consumer Products Private Limited, while the former was collecting Rs1.25 lakh as illegal gratification from the latter. The CBI caught them at Daschaudhary’s residence in Napeansea Road in south Mumbai.
A CBI statement said that a case was registered on information
against Sankalp Consumer’s unauthorised act as marketing arm of a number
of companies, against the policy laid down by CSD. The statement said
that Govilkar and officials of CSD entered into criminal conspiracy with
each other and manipulated demand of CSD items in favour of the clients
of Sankalp.
CBI said Sankalp was favoured at stages such as introduction of items, price revision delayed and excess supply demand creation and budget allocation. Govilkar had allegedly paid huge illegal gratification regularly to officers of CSD.
The CBI conducted searches at 20 places across the country at the official and residentia premises of the duo and other suspected officials. Severa incriminating documents, cash and jewellery were recovered.
CBI said Sankalp was favoured at stages such as introduction of items, price revision delayed and excess supply demand creation and budget allocation. Govilkar had allegedly paid huge illegal gratification regularly to officers of CSD.
The CBI conducted searches at 20 places across the country at the official and residentia premises of the duo and other suspected officials. Severa incriminating documents, cash and jewellery were recovered.
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