Information Source – NDTV.com
In regards to a 1 lakh bribery case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a professor in the department of Civil Engineering of Jamia Millia Islamia University.
Khalid Moin, the professor, has been accused of accepting bribes and posting structural stability certificates to various projects.
Moin had allegedly given the stability certificates to the Chintels Paradiso apartment in Gurugram, part of which had collapsed last month crushing 2 women to death. The arrest, however, was not related to the collapsing incident.
He was arrested on the grounds of accepting bribes from a Delhi-based Architecture firm.
More arrests were made in the form of Prakhar Pawar of M/S Vyom Architect & Abid Khan, an employee of the same firm.
As quoted by CBI, s earches were being conducted in the residences of the accused.
The university has also refrained from any action stating that the matter was his personal consultancy related. CBI has recovered cash amounting to Rs. 30 Lakh and bank account details having funds of Rs. 1.19 Crore.
The CBI upon receiving information about the alleged bribe exchange, laid a trap & caught the professor along with his accomplices.
The accused will be produced before a designated court in Delhi.