The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has traced cash worth Rs63lakh from eight different bank accounts of MS Bali, the chief post master general who was arrested last week.
Bali, the chief post master of Maharashtra and Goa was arrested for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs2 crore to issue a no objection certificate (NOC) to a private builder.
So far, the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) of the CBI has frozen 22
bank accounts of Bali and are tracing the transactions of the same.
According to the CBI, Pravin Trivedi, a private builder, wanted to construct a building on a 2,000 sq mt land in Mira Bhayander. Since Trivedi had agreed to develop 25% of it for the postal department by constructing a post office, he had to seek an NOC from Bali. To issue the NOC by the postal department, Bali allegedly sought the bribe amount.
"Apart from these, the CBI sleuths also recovered around 35 bottles of expensive foreign liquor from Bali's residence in South Mumbai," said a senior CBI official, on condition of anonymity. Officials added that Bali has also made several foreign trips in the last decade which are now under the scanner.
The raiding CBI teams recovered a sum of Rs 34lakh in foreign currency and traced properties in Bhopal, Faridabad, Gurgoan, Delhi and Mumbai. Eight laptops were also seized from his residence, which have been sent for forensic and data analysis. The CBI has also identified investments worth Rs38 lakh made by Bali.
