New Delhi: The CBI yesterday conducted raids in three cities and registered a case against Lieutenant General (retd) Tejinder Singh for allegedly offering a bribe of Rs140m to former army chief General V K Singh to clear the purchase of nearly 600 trucks in September 2010.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered a case against Lieutenant General Tejinder Singh under the Prevention of Corruption Act and conducted raids around 7am yesterday at seven locations in three cities — including Delhi, Mumbai and Noida.
The investigating agency searched the houses of Lieutenant General Tejinder Singh, Vectra group chief Ravinder Rishi and his associate Anil Mansukhani in connection with the alleged bribe offered to the former army chief.
The agency had registered a preliminary enquiry in the case April 11.
In his 22-page complaint to the CBI, the former army chief alleged that Lieutenant General Tejinder Singh offered him a bribe of Rs140 m to clear the purchase of over 600 Tatra trucks, to be supplied by Vectra group through defence public sector company BEML.
The former army chief had claimed that the bribe was offered on behalf of Rishi.
The CBI earlier questioned Tejinder Singh in connection with alleged irregularities in the import of all-terrain heavy-duty Tatra trucks for the Indian Army and bribery allegations made by the former army chief.
IANS
