Bhubaneswar, Dec 14: In a twist to an alleged bribery case involving Rs 10 lakh transaction for a government project in Odisha, the Central Bureau of Investigationhas summoned IAS officer Bishnupada Sethi for investigation.
CBI directed the senior IAS officer to join the investigation of the instant CBI case at CBI Office located at Unit-8 area under Nayapalli police limits in Bhubaneswar.
Notably, Sethi is currently serving as the Principal Secretary to the state government's Social Security & Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Department, ST & SC Development, Minorities, and Backward Classes Welfare Department and Commissioner-Cum-Secretary in Odia Language Literature & Culture Department.
The CBI reportedly asked Sethi to provide details of drivers associated with his vehicles of the departments headed by him in Odisha government.
The summon came in an ongoing investigation against Aditya Dev Infratech Pvt Ltd owner Debadatta Mahapatra, who was arrested along with two others following a raid on December 7 evening.
Along with Mahapatra, the CBI arrested Bridge and Roof Co. (India) Ltd's Group General Manager Chanchal Mukherjee and Penta A Studio Private Ltd's Director Santosh Moharana as part of its probe into the seizure of huge cash and gold from a luxury car near the Mayfair Hotel in Bhubaneswar on December 7.
CBI caught Debadutta Mohapatra and Santosh Moharana while the duo was offering Rs 10 lakh cash and gold jewelleries as bribe to Chanchal Mukherjee to influence the officials of Bridge and Roof Company for a tender.
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