New Delhi, July 14 (TIWN) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday said that it has arrested the Chief General Manager of the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) and two others in a graft case.

Harjeet Singh Puri, Chief General Manager (CGM)-Finance, NHPC, Faridabad; Sunil Mendiratta, Senior General Manager (Project) of Gammon CMC Joint Venture and Sanchit Saini, who allegedly carried the alleged bribe money, were arrested, they said.  During the searches, the CBI has so far identified four bank lockers of Puri in Faridabad and recovered 1 kg gold and Rs 25 lakh cash, they said.  The CBI has also booked another person named Sunil Saini, and the company Gammon CMC Joint Venture in the case.  The company had pending bills worth over Rs 5.26 crore for its ongoing work in Parbati Hydroelectric Project (Stage-II) of the NHPC near Kullu (Himachal Pradesh), they said.  The CBI has alleged that Mendiratta requested Puri to expedite the process of payment for which the latter demanded a bribe of Rs 5 lakh.  After getting the information of the bribe exchange, the CBI raided a location in Faridabad where Puri was arrested with Sanchit Saini who had allegedly brought the cash for the payment of bribe, they said.  Later Mendiratta was also arrested by the agency, they said.