CBI sought sanction to question 1983 batch IAS officer Sada Kant

MHA Joint Secy under CBI scanner for graft
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Hours after the Union Home Ministry ordered repatriation of 1983 batch
IAS officer Sada Kant, presently on deputation with the ministry, the
CBI said the IAS officer might be arrested for his alleged role in the
award of a contract relating to construction of high altitude road at
Leh (J&K) awarded to National Project Construction Corporation (NPCC).
The agency had sought MHA's sanction to prosecute Kant after his name
surfaced during investigations in April this year.
Officials at MHA said Sada Kant was accused of favouring a private
construction firm in an NPCC project. He has has been prematurely
repatriated to his parent cadre.
"The decision to repatriate 1983-batch Uttar Pradesh-cadre IAS officer
Sada Kant, who was posted as Joint Secretary (Border Management), was
taken after the CBI sought sanction to question him in the case. Sada
Kant was on Central deputation since 2007 and was scheduled to
complete the five-year term in 2012," said an MHA official.
The CBI said it would question Kant soon and would confront him with
available documentary evidence. "The CBI had registered a case in
October last year against eight persons and two private companies in
Dehradun in which general manager of NPCC's Faridabad unit, joint
general manager of NPCC at Dehradun and a contractor were named. The
director of Hyderabad-based CEC Projects Pvt Ltd M V Rao and three
others were also accused in the case," said a CBI official.
During the investigations, the name of the IAS officer surfaced in
April this year after which it was included in the FIR. A search at
his Chanakyapuri residence in Delhi was also carried out by a CBI team
at the same time. CBI spokeswoman Dharini Mishra said, "We have sought
the questioning of Sada Kant in April this year. He has been named as
one of the accused in the case". It is alleged that the private
companies paid a huge sum of money to Kant in connection with a Rs 200
crore-contract pertaining to construction of a road at Leh in Jammu
and Kashmir awarded to NPCC by the Ministry of Home Affairs.