Kolkata, May 20: The Central Bureau of Investigation arrested a colonel posted with the Army Ordnance Corps, Eastern Command, in connection with a ₹50 lakh bribery case,.
The officer was taken into custody in Kolkata under the Prevention of Corruption Act and is being brought to Delhi for further interrogation.
Colonel Himanshu Bali, who was posted at the Army Ordnance Corps in Kolkata’s Fort William, was accused of indulging in corrupt practices to favour a Kanpur-based private person and his firm in the award of tenders, approval of substandard samples and clearing of pending and inflated bills in lieu of bribes.
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