MP e-tendering money laundering: ED nabs 2

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate has arrested 2 people on money laundering charges in the alleged over Rs3,000 crore e-tender rigging racket of Madhya Pradesh, the agency said on Wednesday.

Srinivas Raju Mantena, founder and chairman of Mantena Constructions, and his associate Aditya Tripathi of Arni Infra and a resident of state capital Bhopal were arrested under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), a statement said.

The two were sent to judicial custody till February 3 by a court, it said.

"They are accused in the money laundering investigation into the e-tender scam in Madhya Pradesh. In this case, a large number of infrastructure companies, mostly based in Hyderabad, conspired with few senior government officials and IT service providers of MPSEDC (Madhya Pradesh State Electronics Development Corporation Ltd) to tamper e-tenders and to illegally obtain large value contracts," the ED claimed. Bribery scam in CBI: DSP, inspector in 5-day custody

A Delhi court on Wednesday sent a CBI's deputy superintendent of police and an inspector, along with an advocate, all 3 arrested in an alleged bribery scam within the agency, to 5-day custodial interrogation.

RK Rishi, DSP, Kapil Dhankad, inspector and advocate Manohar Malik, arrested on Tuesday night in an alleged bribery ring run by them within the agency to help companies accused of siphoning bank loan funds worth Rs4,300 crore, were produced before Special Judge Anurag Sain.