Moyukh Bhaduri, former CEO of Hindustan Steelworks, accused of demanding a bribe (File)
New Delhi:
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a corruption case against Moyukh Bhaduri, the former CEO of Hindustan Steelworks Construction Ltd (HSCL). This is the second case of corruption against him.
Bhaduri and two other company officials were accused of demanding Rs1 crore from a company – Vijay Nirman Company Private Ltd – in 2015 to award him the tender for the construction of the trade facilitation center and of the Handicrafts Museum in Varanasi.
The CBI alleged that Bhaduri and two other company officials conspired with Zillion Infra Projects CEO V Ajay Kumar to funnel the bribe money from Vijay Nirman CEO Anant Saxena and his project manager Krishna Rao, among others.
“Anant Saxena, on behalf of Moyukh Bhaduri, requested a bribe of Rs1 crore from Vijay Nirman Pvt Ltd to award him the construction of the Handicrafts Museum in Varanasi. Krishna Rao and V Ajay Kumar transferred the first tranche of Rs 50 lakh to Saxena’s Zillion Infra Projects company ”, alleged the central investigative agency in his case.
The money was channeled through the account of a Hyderabad company, Madhuri Construction, on July 28, 2015, via RTGS, he added.
Earlier in July this year, Bhaduri was booked for demanding Rs1 crore and 5.5% of the cost of the project as a bribe from the same company in 2015 for the development of the National University of Manipur sports.
