Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The District and Sessions Court, Bhopal, has rejected the closure report of the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) in an e-tendering case. Special judge (Prevention of Corruption Act) Ram Pratap Mishra passed the order. As per the order, the court has instructed to collect documents and information furnished by the Madhya Pradesh State Electronics Development Corporation (MPSEDC).
“Collect evidence from internet service provider regarding traffic IP address 164:100196.120.” The EOW has also been instructed to collect evidence from tender’s logs details. The court, on its observation, said the case diary shows that evidence can be collected from VPN Logs, IP address and there is need for reinvestigation.
The probe began in mid-June 2019 over alleged irregularities in the tendering process. The then chief secretary, BP Singh, had asked the EOW to launch an investigation based on an interim report submitted by the former director of MPSED, senior IAS officer Manish Rastogi, after the cancellation of nine tenders. The EOW had registered a case under Section 420,467,471, 120-b of IPC, Section 66 of IT Act, various sections of PC Act.
Sixteen people were made accused in the case, including M/s JVPR Engineers Limited(Hyderabad), The Indian Human Pipe Limited(Mumbai), M/s JMC Projects India Limited, M/s Ram Kumar Narwani, Madhav Infra Projects Limited, Max Mantena Micro JV Hyderabad, officials of the tender opening authority of MP Jal Nigam, MP Road Development Corporation’s tender opening authority officials, PWD tender opening authority officials, Sushil Kumar Sahu (Sabri Complex), MP Nagar –Zone-II, Kiran Sharma, MP Nagar, Ratnesh Sharma, Damoh, Virendra Pandey, PA Water resources, Nirmal Awasthi, PA of the then water resources minister, and other bureaucrats and politicians.
