Bhubaneswar, Jan 9: Today on charges of allegedly taking bribe, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken into arrest the Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) Executive Director (Works) BP Burma. The CBI SP had arrested Burma on charges of taking Rs 1 lakh as bribe to pass a tender.
On Sunday, a six-day team of the CBI raided the house and office of Burma at Sector-19 here from where they seized Rs 20L cash of Rs 2000 denomination. The officials also seized some important documents while the raid. The CBI has further stated that the investigation into the huge cash of Rs 2000 denomination which has been seized from Burma’s possession is going on. Although three days ago, Burma has been transferred to Bokaro Steel Plant as executive director (Works and Project), he has not joined his duty there yet.
Besides, on Wednesday, the CBI officials had conducted a raid at the office and residence of RSP officers, Harekrushna Behera and AK Karmakar for irregularities in goods procurement.
