CHENNAI: The CBI Special Court in Chennai has acquitted four persons, including the former Chairman and Managing Director and the General Manager of Chennai Fertilisers Corporation, in a bribery case involving an alleged payment of Rs 26 lakh for awarding a tender.

According to the CBI, the central public sector enterprise based in Manali had floated tenders in 2012 for the purchase of four compressors. The tender was later cancelled and reissued, with the contract allegedly awarded to a company named Boge at a higher price. Investigators claimed that a bribe of Rs 1 crore had been negotiated, of which Rs 26 lakh was received.

The case was filed against former Chairman and Managing Director I Vijayakumar, General Manager D Sundarasekaran, Boge Company, and its distributor, PI Company.

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