CBI arrests Lt Col, middleman in Army transfer racket

New Delhi, June 3 : The CBI has arrested a Lt Colonel and a middleman in connection with an alleged transfer racket at the Army headquarters here in which lakhs of rupees were paid by Army officers to manipulate their postings.
Lt Col Ranganathan Suvramani Moni, posted in the personnel division of the Army, and middleman Gaurav Kohli were arrested while an alleged bribe of Rs 2 lakh was changing hands for the transfer of a Bengaluru-based officer, CBI sources said on Saturday. The investigating agency had learnt of the illicit activities of some Army officers and laid a trap to arrest the two men. The agency busted the racket involving senior Army officers posted at its headquarters here. They were allegedly giving choice postings for “huge illegal gratification” which ran into lakhs for a single transfer, sources said.The expose is bound to send ripples in the Army as some more senior officers are suspected to be involved in the case, CBI sources said.