Seven of the accused ONGC officials had retired. The First Information Report issued by the Visakhapatnam’s CBI unit cited the chairman and the managing director of the Deep Industries Limited, Paras Savla and Rupesh Salva respectively, as the accused along with the 13 ONGC officials. Based on the complaint, CBI sleuths made preliminary inquiries and registered a case of criminal conspiracy, cheating and criminal misconduct. After registering the case, the CBI officials raided and searched 15 places at Rajahamundry, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Sibsagar and Bhubhaneswar. Places of search included residences and offices of the ONGC officials and private persons.

Source: The Hindu May 31, 2018 17:20 UTC