Kerala: CBI unearths more evidence of graft

KOCHI: The CBI has gathered more evidence of corruption related to the construction of the runway of Kozhikode international airport. The CBI has found that the airport officials had presented a fake invoice of Rs 40 lakh from a non-existent shop in Manjeri for the cement purchased for the construction.  The airport officials had presented a fraudulent bill before the auditing team of the Airports Authority of India (AAI), CBI sources said.The CBI is also inquiring into the corruption charges in the purchase of paint during the same period. A case has been registered against Bino Babu K, assistant manager, AAI, and four officials of the airport for entering into a criminal conspiracy with B R Arora and Associates Pvt Ltd.The case is for presenting and forging an invoice of the IOC, Kochi, showing supply of Bitumen for strengthening the runway. The fraud amounts to a total of Rs 53,06,578.The CBI, had raided the office of B R Associates in Delhi and seized many documents. Prakash Kandahar, senior manger of engineering section of the airport, former manager Sreedhar and B R Arora are included in the list of accused prepared by the CBI.