Agartala: Tripura Police have registered an FIR against four persons, including a serving IAS officer, in connection with an alleged ₹14.55 crore fake government tender fraud. The case was filed after a Nagpur-based company accused the suspects of inducing it to pay crores of rupees through allegedly forged government work orders, joint venture documents and Earnest Money Deposit demands.
The FIR was registered at New Capital Complex Police Station on July 1 on the complaint of Manish Malani, representative of SK Sales Corporation. The complaint names 2003-batch Tripura cadre IAS officer Abhishek Chandra, Krishna Chakraborty, Utpal Kumar Chowdhury and others.
Company Allegedly Lured With Government Contracts
According to the complaint, Chandra allegedly introduced himself as an official handling government tenders across departments and claimed that the company could secure profitable contracts linked to Tripura government projects.
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The complainant alleged that around February 2024, the accused represented that major opportunities were available in projects connected with the power sector and the Mid-Day Meal programme. The firm’s representatives later travelled to New Delhi, where they were allegedly shown documents said to be linked to government tenders and proposed public projects.
Fake Work Orders And EMD Payments Under Probe
The complaint states that the company was advised to enter into a joint venture with Krishna Chakraborty. A joint venture agreement was allegedly executed on September 4, 2024, and the firm claimed it deposited more than ₹1.94 crore as Earnest Money Deposit on the same day.
A purported government work order worth ₹2.56 crore was allegedly issued on September 19, 2024. The complainant further alleged that additional EMD payments were made for several proposed projects between September 2024 and February 2025, taking the total amount paid to about ₹14.55 crore.
Police Examine Forged Documents And Money Trail
The alleged fraud came to light when company representatives visited Tripura in April 2025 to verify the projects. They reportedly found that the Directorate of Higher Education had not floated the tenders in question and that the work orders and supporting documents shown to them were allegedly fabricated.
Investigators are now examining tender documents, bank transactions, digital communications, financial records and the movement of funds. Police are also verifying whether similar methods were used to target other companies.
The case has been registered under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita relating to cheating, forgery and allied offences. Police said the investigation is at a preliminary stage and further action will depend on evidence collected during the probe
