CBI slaps fresh case of embezzlement against former ITBP commandant

PTI, Dec 18, 2023, 1:30 PM IST

The CBI has filed a fresh case against former ITBP commandant Ashok Kumar Gupta for alleged embezzlement of over Rs 70 lakh in purchase of ration for troops under him.

Gupta, who was then posted at the 23rd Battalion in Dehradun, was booked last year for alleged corruption in the purchase of heating oil and other items for an outpost along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Uttarakhand, the agency said.

In the fresh case registered recently, the CBI has alleged that Gupta along with Sub Inspector Sudhir Kumar and Assistant Sub Insector Anusuya Prasad allegedly embezzled Rs 70 lakh by allowing vendors to submit inflated bills for mutton, chicken, fish, eggs, paneer, milk, fruits, they said.