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The Hindu : News / National : BEML chief suspended
Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) Chief V.R.S. Natarajan was on Monday suspended by the Defence Ministry in connection with the Tatra case on a CBI recommendation after former Army Chief Gen. V.K. Singh leveled allegations that he was offered Rs. 14 crore bribe to clear a deal for 600 trucks.
The move comes a few days after the Defence Ministry issued a show cause notice to the BEML Chief for slapping a defamation notice against Gen. V.K. Singh without its permission.
The decision was taken “following a recommendation by the CBI that he should be kept away from the post to ensure fair investigation,” Defence Ministry spokesperson Sitanshu Kar said adding that investigating agency is currently looking into various charges against the BEML chief.
“The charge of CMD has been given to P. Dwarkanath, the senior most functional Director in BEML,” he added.
Mr. Natarajan is being questioned by the CBI in a case relating to alleged irregularities in the procurement and supply of Tatra all-terrain vehicles to the army.
Gen V. K. Singh, former Army chief, had alleged in March that he was offered Rs. 14 crore bribe by Lt. Gen (retd) Tejinder Singh to clear supply of a tranche of 600 “sub-standard” Tatra trucks from BEML.
On June 6, the defence ministry had sought an explanation from Mr. Natarajan for serving a legal notice on Gen. V. K. Singh demanding an apology for his alleged defamatory statements against the defence PSU on the Tatra truck issue.
The CBI has also booked the BEML chairman for alleged cheating, criminal conspiracy and corruption in connection with tendering process for hiring a private consultancy firm and carried out searches at several locations including his residence.
The case related to the award of contract for the implementation of Enterprises Resource Planning Project in the public sector undertaking during 2004-09.
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Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) Chief V.R.S. Natarajan was on Monday suspended by the Defence Ministry in connection with the Tatra case on a CBI recommendation after former Army Chief Gen. V.K. Singh leveled allegations that he was offered Rs. 14 crore bribe to clear a deal for 600 trucks.
The move comes a few days after the Defence Ministry issued a show cause notice to the BEML Chief for slapping a defamation notice against Gen. V.K. Singh without its permission.
The decision was taken “following a recommendation by the CBI that he should be kept away from the post to ensure fair investigation,” Defence Ministry spokesperson Sitanshu Kar said adding that investigating agency is currently looking into various charges against the BEML chief.
“The charge of CMD has been given to P. Dwarkanath, the senior most functional Director in BEML,” he added.
Mr. Natarajan is being questioned by the CBI in a case relating to alleged irregularities in the procurement and supply of Tatra all-terrain vehicles to the army.
Gen V. K. Singh, former Army chief, had alleged in March that he was offered Rs. 14 crore bribe by Lt. Gen (retd) Tejinder Singh to clear supply of a tranche of 600 “sub-standard” Tatra trucks from BEML.
On June 6, the defence ministry had sought an explanation from Mr. Natarajan for serving a legal notice on Gen. V. K. Singh demanding an apology for his alleged defamatory statements against the defence PSU on the Tatra truck issue.
The CBI has also booked the BEML chairman for alleged cheating, criminal conspiracy and corruption in connection with tendering process for hiring a private consultancy firm and carried out searches at several locations including his residence.
The case related to the award of contract for the implementation of Enterprises Resource Planning Project in the public sector undertaking during 2004-09.
mods please merge this thread with the existing one,
Thanks
