Rs 1,000-Crore High-Tech Scam Targeted Madhya Pradesh Tenders, 2 Arrested Rs 1,000-Crore High-Tech Scam Targeted Madhya Pradesh Tenders, 2 Arrested The target of the scam was the MP government s e-procurement portal, managed and maintained together by three separate firms.
Hyderabad:
The Enforcement Directorate has arrested two persons in connection with a sophisticated Rs 1,030 crore e-tender scam involving e-tendering for the Madhya Pradesh government s infrastructure projects besides other illegal monetary transactions. Taken into custody under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, the two businessmen have been remanded in judicial custody till February 3, 2020, by a Hyderabad court.
The arrested duo is Srinivas Raju Mantena, Founder and Chairman of Hyderabad-based Mantena Constructions, and his associate Aditya Tripathi, who runs Bhopal-based Arni Infra. The two of them have been accused of conspiring with a few senior government officials and IT service providers of