CBI arrests Military Ordnance Corps colonel in Kolkata in ₹50 lakh bribery case
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday arrested a colonel posted with the Military Ordnance Corps, Japanese Command, in reference to a ₹50 lakh bribery case, company officers mentioned.
The officer was taken into custody in Kolkata underneath the Prevention of Corruption Act and is being dropped at Delhi for additional interrogation, officers mentioned.
In line with CBI’s first data report (FIR) filed on Could 18, Colonel Himanshu Bali, who was posted on the Military Ordnance Corps in Kolkata’s Fort William, was accused of indulging in corrupt practices to favour a Kanpur-based personal individual and his agency within the award of tenders, approval of substandard samples and clearing of pending and inflated payments in lieu of bribes.
HT has reviewed a duplicate of the FIR.
A non-public individual, Akshat Agrawal, and his agency, Japanese World Restricted (Kanpur) have additionally been booked by the federal company.
“…Akshat Agrawal, collectively along with his father Mayank Agrawal, residents of Kanpur, have been sustaining common contact with Colonel Bali for acquiring undue favours for his or her corporations via unlawful means, in connivance with different unknown officers,” the FIR mentioned.
The company additionally mentioned that a number of tenders had been awarded to their corporations by Japanese Command, Kolkata, allegedly “in alternate of considerable bribes paid to Bali and different unknown officers”.
In line with the CBI, Akshat Agrawal and Bali had been in common contact concerning a young awarded to the agency in March-April 2026.
“On April 22, each met personally outdoors official working hours at Park Road, Kolkata, to debate issues associated to this tender. Subsequently, on April 24, the tender was efficiently awarded to Japanese World Restricted because of alleged undue favour by Colonel Bali.”
On Could 16, “Bali contacted Akshat and reminded him concerning the bribe quantity due as per prior dedication, directing that very same be delivered within the Delhi-NCR area,” the FIR mentioned.
The FIR mentioned Akshat was making preparations to ship about ₹50 lakh via hawala channels to the military officer’s contact individual in Delhi on Monday.
HT reached out to the military for a touch upon the arrest. There was no response but.
