The CBI on Wednesday arrested the Executive Director (Finance) of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) for demanding a bribe from the owner of a Chennai-based airport ground handling company.
Ravichandran’s arrest came soon after the CBI registered an FIR against him on Wednesday. Ravichandran was demanding a bribe of Rs 4 lakh for each allotted tenders with respect to ground handling contracts to the Chennai-based firm Bright Shine Services for ‘D’ category airports.
Owner of Bright Shine Services V Venkatesh approached the CBI with a complaint on March 16, saying he did not wish to pay bribe and sought legal action against the AAI official who had demanded the bribe from him, according to the complaint which is now part of the FIR.
Based on his complaint, the CBI conducted verification from March 16 to March 19 and gathered sufficient electronic evidence. The CBI laid a trap on Wednesday morning when the alleged bribe was to be paid to Ravichandran. The agency nabbed the officer red-handed while receiving RsRs 2 lakh as bribe, sources said.
