New Delhi, Feb 05: CBI has today apprehended 10 accused including NAAC Team Members and office bearers of a Vaddeswaram, Guntur (Andhra Pradesh) based educational foundation, in case related to allegations of bribery for favourable NAAC rating.
CBI registered a case against the office bearers of Vaddeswaram, Guntur, (Andhra Pradesh) based educational foundation and the NAAC Inspection Team members in connection with paying undue advantage to the accused public servants for favourable NAAC ratings for A++ accreditation.
CBI carried out search operation after registration of the case and apprehended 10 accused persons in connection with the case and recovered alleged undue advantage paid to the NAAC Inspection Team members by the office bearers of said educational foundation, in the form of cash, gold, mobile phones, laptops etc.
Searches are being conducted at 20 locations across India at Chennai, Bangalore, Vijaywada, Palamu, Sambalpur, Bhopal, Bilaspur, Gautam Budh Nagar and New Delhi. An amount of Rs. 37 lacs cash (approx), 6 Lenovo Laptops, One Iphone, 16 Pro mobile phone, etc. and other incriminating articles have been recovered.
The investigation is continuing.
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