Bribery scam rocks National Sports University Ex-CMD of HSCL, another of Imphal firm booked

NEW DELHI, Jul 7
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a case against Moyukh Bhaduri, a former CMD of Hindustan Steelworks Construction Limited (HSCL) and others for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 1 crore for the construction of National Sports University, Manipur, officials said Tuesday.
The HSCL comes under Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
Bhaduri allegedly received the bribe from a private company which was awarded the tender for the building the Sports University in 2015.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the project in March 2018. It is still under construction.
On Tuesday, CBI teams carried out raids on accused persons including Bhaduri and several companies in Delhi, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Vishakhapatnam after registering an FIR in the case.
Among the others booked by the CBI are Anant Saxena, the MD of Zillion Infraprojects Pvt. Ltd. Vijay Nirman Company Pvt Ltd’s Managing Director V Ajay Kumar and Director N Krishna Rao and T Nimai Singh, the authorised signatory of NT Enterprises, Imphal, PTI reported.
Two other persons, including a contractual employee of the Union Sports Ministry and a private person have also been booked.
NSU offers undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programs in the field of sports and physical education. Students are admitted to this university on the basis of merit followed by their performance in the admission test and counseling.
Hindustan Times