Overview

• Rajendra Rawat, Joint Chief Controller of Explosives at PESO, and private individual Rahul Bachate were arrested following a CBI trap in Navi Mumbai.
• Bachate was intercepted after delivering a package and confessed to handing Rs 9 lakh to the officer’s wife, with the cash recovered from the residence.
• Searches recovered an additional Rs 7.5 lakh at Rawat’s premises, Rs 8 lakh from an agent’s vehicle, and Rs 1.5 lakh from an architect at the office, totaling roughly Rs 26 lakh.
• Investigators also seized chat records and lists of PESO applications described by the agency as incriminating documents.
• The case was registered on source information alleging large-scale corruption in collusion with consultants and agents, with other individuals under scrutiny as the probe continues.