more-inA special court on Monday sent a Lieutenant Colonel and an alleged middleman to judicial custody till June 17 in connection with a transfer racket at Army headquarters here, in which officers allegedly paid lakhs to manipulate their postings. Special CBI Judge Naresh Kumar Malhotra sent Lt. Col. R. S. Moni, posted with the Personnel Division of the Army, and Gaurav Kohli to custody after the Central Bureau of Investigation submitted that they were not required for further custodial interrogation. The duo was produced before court after expiry of their three-day CBI custody. Bribe through hawalaAccording to the CBI, an FIR was registered against Lt. Col. Moni, a Hyderabad-based Army officer identified only as Purshottam, Bengaluru-based barracks and stores officer (BSO) S. Subhas and Mr. Kohli for various offences, including criminal conspiracy and corruption. The bribe was paid through hawala, the CBI said in its FIR.

Source: The Hindu June 05, 2017 20:31 UTC