Ex-Noida chief engineer Yadav Singh allotted 1.76 crore work to unfit firm in lieu of kickback

LUCKNOW: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday filed three chargesheets in a special court, Ghaziabad, against former Noida chief engineer Yadav Singh and 30 others for causing losses of Rs 1.76 crore to the government through kickbacks.
The chargesheets were filed on the charges of criminal conspiracy, dishonesty and prevention of corruption act against Singh and 21 other public servants and nine private persons.
These losses were caused between 2007 to 2014 when Singh was working as chief engineer of Noida. Singh, allegedly,fraudulently awarded tenders to one Javed Ahmad for the construction of feeder lines, and electrification works for a flyover.
The CBI had registered the first case on January 17, 2018 against Yadav Singh and others including directors, proprietors of private companies on the order of the Allahabad high court.
The central agency said that during the probe, it had surfaced that the private company owned by Javed Ahmad which was given the contract did not fulfil the eligibility criteria in terms of work experience. The agency also said that Singh used to favour the firm after being bribed regularly, while an Innova car bearing registration number of GB Nagar was also given to him.
The CBI filed three separate chargesheets on the basis of instances of corruption committed in 2007-082008-09 and 2010-11.
As per the chargesheet, a loss of Rs 50.20 lakh was caused to Noida in 2007-08 when Singh awarded a contract to Ahmad's firm for laying of feeder lines through underground cable, electrification work of a flyover and shifting of 33-KV and 11-KV electrical lines.