New Delhi: The CBI on Saturday arrested an Army officer and a middleman in connection with a transfer racket at the Army headquarters in which officers allegedly paid lakhs to manipulate postings.
Sources said Lt. Col. Ranganathan Suvramani Moni, posted in the personnel division, and middleman Gaurav Kohli were arrested while an alleged bribe of Rs 2 lakh was changing hands for the transfer of a Bengaluru-based officer.
The CBI busted the racket involving senior Army officers posted at its headquarters here. They were allegedly giving choice postings for “huge illegal gratification” which ran into lakhs for a single transfer, sources said.
The case has been registered against Lt. Col. Moni, Purshottam — a Hyderabad-based Army officer, Bengaluru-based barracks and stores officer (BSO) S. Subhas and alleged middleman Gaurav Kohli. The bribe was being paid through hawala channels, the agency alleged in its FIR.
