CBI arrests Army colonel, 3 others in a bribery case

A colonel has been arrested by CBI for allegedly taking a bribe of ₹50,000 from a Pune-based private company for supply of rock-splitting equipment. The agency also arrested three officials of the company. Col. Shaibal Kumar, posted in planning and engineering branch of the Kolkata-based Army’s Eastern Command, Sharat Nath, managing director of Pune-based Xtech Equipment Pvt Ltd, Vijay Naidu, a director in the company, and Amit Roy, a company representative were arrested by CBI.