Vinod Kumar Ranga, Delhi procurement chief, arrested over ₹350cr scam
India
Dr. Vinod Kumar Ranga, who led Delhi's Central Procurement Agency, has been arrested for allegedly running a ₹350 crore scam involving overpriced medicines and equipment for government hospitals.
After hours of questioning on Thursday evening, he was taken into custody over suspicious changes to procurement processes that cost the government big.
Tender files vanished, bids allegedly fixed
Investigators say key tender documents have vanished: files that could reveal who else was involved and how the money moved.
Officials believe bids were tweaked to favor certain suppliers while blocking out real competition.
The ACB now has four days to dig through payment records and approvals as they try to piece together the full story behind this major corruption case.