The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is probing allegations that former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala, his then chief secretary L.M. Goyal and others had favoured state-owned power equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (Bhel) in awarding a contract for setting up two power units in 2002.
The central agency is also probing whether Bhel donated `25 crore to Chautala’s party, the Indian National Lok Dal, and gave `2 crore to Goyal, who was Haryana chief secretary in 2000-02, to get the project, said a senior CBI official.
Chautala and Goyal are alleged to have awarded the contract for setting up two thermal power units, each of 250MW, at the Tau Devi Lal Thermal Power Project in Panipat to Bhel on a turnkey basis without competitive bidding.
The Haryana government then headed by Chautala in 2002 signed an agreement with Bhel for the construction of the two units at a cost of around `1,500 crore.
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010
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