New Delhi. CBI has arrested Anil Kumar, executive director of defense government company Munitions India Limited, Ashish Kansal, CEO and director of private company SMPP Limited and Anil Kumar's brother B. Harshvardhan has been arrested. CBI has accused Anil Kumar of leaking sensitive and confidential information related to a defense deal worth Rs 500 crore and taking bribe. CBI registered a case on October 12 and arrested all three the next day.
The headquarters of Munitions India Limited is in Khadki area of Pune, Maharashtra. Munitions India Limited manufactures cartridges, cannon ammunition and other weapons used by the army. CBI has said that it has recovered Rs 2.23 crore and incriminating documents during the raids at the premises of the accused. The CBI has accused Anil Kumar, Executive Director of Munitions India, of colluding with private contractors and taking bribes in exchange for favorable decisions and facilities in government work. Apart from this, sensitive strategic information regarding production, procurement and production in Munitions India Limited was leaked.
CBI has said that during the search of Anil Kumar's premises in Pune, it found Rs 1.73 crore. At the same time, about Rs 50 lakh was recovered from the locations of the accused in Delhi, Bengaluru and Mysuru. CBI also seized documents from these locations of the accused located outside Pune. Ashish Kansal's company SMPP Limited, arrested in this case, had supplied bulletproof jackets to the army. This company also manufactures ammunition and attack suicide drones. Seen this way, CBI has exposed a case of corruption that has harmed even the army. CBI is now finding out whether Anil Kumar tried to benefit other companies also or not.