JAMMU, Mar 01: Executive Engineer (XEN) VK Sharma is on a run in a much talked about illegal tender case.
Ex-Chief Engineer PMGSY Kashmir DD Gorkha, two serving Superintending Engineers (SEs) PS Sehgal and AK Gandhotra were on Tuesday arrested by the sleuths of State Vigilance Organization (SVO) in a case involving illegal allotment of contracts.
Search for the fourth accused Executive Engineer (XEN) VK Sharma is on.
These three top officials of PWD have been arrested in a case wherein they had made illegal allotments of construction of bridges at exorbitant rates in Udhampur district during 2012-13. The job work was allotted at a much higher cost of Rs 92.75 lakhs than the advertised cost of Rs. 81.70 lakhs and subsequently allotted remaining works of Rs. 177.28 lakhs without calling tenders.
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