Mumbai, Apr 10: The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered 11 corruption cases against 15 officers of the Pay and Accounts (ORS) section at the Artillery/Army Aviation Centre in Nashik, which operates under the Ministry of Defence’s Controller General of Defence Accounts.
The officers are accused of demanding and accepting bribes often through middlemen from army personnel in return for disbursing allowances and entitlements.
The alleged offences came to light during a Joint Surprise Check carried out on November 13, 2024, at the Nashik-based office, conducted in the presence of independent witnesses and officers from the Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Army), Pune.
During the joint check, investigators reportedly recovered incriminating communications from the WhatsApp chats of some of the accused. The chats allegedly contain evidence of demands and transactions related to the acceptance of bribes for performing official duties. The mobile phones containing these chats are now in the custody of the CGDA’s Vigilance Department.
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