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S.K. Srivastava, former Director-General of Indian Meteorological Department, outside the Patiala House Courts in New Delhi on Saturday.
NEW DELHI, FEB. 5. S.K. Srivastav, former Director-General of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday for alleged criminal misconduct and for possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. He has been remanded to 10 days police custody for further probe. As part of a nationwide drive against corruption, the CBI raided on Tuesday the house of Mr. Srivastav, who recently resigned as Director-General of the IMD. It conducted another raid at Mr. Srivastav's house on Friday, during which they seized papers pertaining to his mobile and immovable assets and other documents. CBI officials said that a woman was employed in different names by two companies from 1998 to 2003 allegedly at Mr. Srivastav's instance, despite her not being qualified for the posts. These firms were handling some projects sanctioned by the IMD obtained allegedly with the help of Mr. Srivastav. Since Mr. Srivastav and another official were "instrumental" in awarding contracts to these companies, they allegedly accepted various favours. The CBI alleged that the two officials went out of the way to award contracts to another company, in which the daughter of Mr. Srivastav worked. During 2002-04, allegedly at his instance, equipment worth over Rs. 1 lakh were bought from different companies, some of which were being run by the relatives of a former employee of the IMD. During the raid at Mr. Srivastav's residence, the CBI recovered documents showing his property for Rs. 31 lakhs. Later, he was arrested and produced before a Delhi court, which remanded him to 10 days police custody. The CBI officials also said that Mr. Srivastav had made at least 28 visits abroad. They were probing why he went to these places.
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