CBI has registered a case against JD(U) MLA Anant Singh for alleged cartelisation and ring formation during award of contracts in National Thermal Power Corporation NTPC in Barh, Bihar. The agency has carried out searches yesterday at the Patna residence of Singh in connection with the case. Anant Singh is currently lodged in Beur central jail in connection with the case of kidnapping.
An official said that incriminating documents recovered during searches are being scrutinised. CBI sources said a Patna based firm – Raj Nandini Projects Private Limited – has also been named in the FIR. Sources said that unknown officials of NTPC Limited are also under probe. It was alleged that there were large scale irregularities in award of contracts to various parties by NTPC’s Barh Super Thermal Power Station.