Retired ICF official graft case: CBI arrests four more
The Hindu
Kathpal, former Principal Chief Mechanical Engineer, who was posted at ICF Chennai, was arrested on Monday.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested four more persons in connection with an alleged graft case against A.K. Kathpal, a former Principal Chief Mechanical Engineer earlier posted at the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai. He was arrested on Monday. Apart from ₹2.75 crore in cash and 23kg of gold, the CBI has seized papers related to fixed deposits to the tune of ₹4.28 crore, some bank accounts, immovable properties and keys of two bank lockers. “The assets are being evaluated and searches are still under way,” said an agency official.
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