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Tatra trucks case: CBI conducts raids in Delhi, Noida | | The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday carried out searches in Delhi and Noida as part of its ongoing probe over the deal to supply all-terrain
Tatra trucks to the Army. According to reports, the raids were conducted at the
residences of two ex-army officials and a Vectra employee. The CBI had on Tuesday
questioned Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) Chairman and Managing Director V
Natarajan in connection with case. The CBI is investigating the BEML-Tatra deal
following Army Chief General VK Singh's allegations that he was offered a bribe
of Rs.14 crore by a former Army officer lobbying for the truck In 1997, Tatra
Sipox UK had signed the truck supply deal with BEML,which was in alleged violation
of defence procurement rules stating that procurement should be done directly
from original equipment manufacturer only, the sources said. The CBI has alleged
that since Tatra Sipox UK was not the original manufacturer of these all-terrain
trucks, the rule that defence procurements should be made from original manufacturer
was violated.
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