Overview

• FIR registered on May 18 names former Energy & Power Department secretaries, ex-chairman and MD of Teesta Urja Ltd, contractors and unidentified Sikkim and central officials.
• Search operations from May 22 to 24 targeted offices and residences across Delhi, Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Siliguri and Gangtok.
• Investigators allege authorities sidestepped selection norms to favour an unqualified consortium and compromised design parameters during project execution.
• Recovered materials encompass digital records, property documents, passports and evidence of foreign currency transactions linked to illicit gratifications.
• Probe now focuses on tracing assets acquired through proceeds of crime and assessing involvement of retired officials in routing kickbacks.