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The CBI has booked five officials including an Under Secretary, in the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on corruption charges.
Under Secretary Sanjay Mehta and other officilas have been booked for alleged irregularities in the payment of over 18 lakh rupees.The action was taken on a complaint from V K Sinha,DoPT Director (Training).
It was alleged that during an internal probe it was found that out of total 67 payments of 9.21 crore rupees during 2017-18, eight bills of 18.17 lakh rupees were issued fraudulently in favour of the five vendors.
The CBI also booked another person and private vendors in the matter. The agency also carried out searches at 11 places.Mehta was placed under suspension after irregularities were found in payments.