CBI arrests three in connection with BRO fund misappropriation case

New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested three accused, including one Assistant Engineer (Civil) of BRO, Ladakh and two labour supply agents of Kargil, for indulging in misappropriation of funds of Border Road Organisation, the probe agency said on Tuesday.
This comes after CBI earlier conducted searches at 26 locations across 11 States and Union Territories in connection with 4 criminal cases pertaining to the misappropriation of funds of BRO.
Accoding to a release, the 11 States and Union Territories include Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Delhi, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland.
Several incriminating documents and digital evidence were recovered during the searches, the agency had said.
These cases relate to irregularities in the deployment of casual labourers and payments released in the name of fake casual labourers in the Project Vijayak and Yojak in the UT of Ladakh.
As per the release, four FIRs were registered in this connection based on criminal complaints lodged by the Ministry of Defence, based on an internal enquiry conducted by the Technical Board of Officers of BRO.
In its release, CBI had said they are committed to conducting a comprehensive investigation in these cases in the quickest possible time.
The offence relates to misappropriation of government funds, cheating, forgery, criminal breach of trust and criminal conspiracy under the IPC and the offence of criminal misconduct and bribery under the PC Act, 1988. A total of 10 officers of the rank of Lt Col, Major and Engineers, along with certain private persons, have been named in the FIRs, the release added. (ANI)