CBI raids houses of two HNL officials

Kochi, Nov 16 (UNI) The CBI today raided four places, including the houses of two officials of the public sector Hindustan Newsprint Ltd. (HNL) at Vellore in Kottayam, after registering a corruption case against some HNL officials and four others in a Rs 75 lakh fraud in the import of old newsprint.

Superintendent of Police, CBI, Kochi, T Vikram said here this evening that certain incriminating documents had been seized during the raids and these were under scrutiny.

The raids, which started this morning, were conducted at the houses of HNL officials Govindaraj, Senior Manager, Purchase, and Bhaskara Pillai, Manager, Purchase, in the HNL complex, the office of Kochi-based Fast and Safe Transport Ltd. at T A B Road and the residence of Mr Sujil Bose, chairman of Green Worth Marketing Ltd., at Thrikkakara here.

However, no arrests had been made so far.

Mr Vikram said a corruption case had been registered under section 120-B IPC read with sections 13(2) and 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and sections 468, 471, 420 and 34 IPC.

The case had been registered against unknown public servants of HNL and Mr M A Nazar, Managing Director, Fast and Safe Transports, Mr Vigil Bose, chairman, Green Worth Consulting, Reston, USA, Mr Kerry J Lee, certified marine surveyor, Fremont, USA and Mr M C Sujil Bose.

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