# CBI chargesheet details bribery in PNC Infratech highway project 2026-08-09T10:36:04+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet (3 source reports) The CBI has filed a chargesheet in a special court detailing bribery allegations against PNC Infratech, the company that built the Lucknow-Kanpur expressway, and NHAI officials. The chargesheet follows a 2024 raid where NHAI general manager Purushottam Lal Chaudhary was caught accepting Rs 10 lakh in bribes from PNC employees to clear project NOCs, handovers, and final bills. Searches across Chhatarpur, Lucknow, Kanpur, Agra, and Gurugram yielded digital devices and documents related to the bribery. This adds to PNC Infratech's recent woes: the Lucknow-Kanpur expressway, opened in July, developed large cracks within a month, requiring repairs that used fans to dry patches, drawing public criticism from Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav. ## Coverage - aajtak.in - aajtak.in (2) - aajtak.in (3) This story was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 3 sources. Last updated 2026-09-27T06:08:01+00:00. Tags: CBI, NHAI, PNC Infratech, एक्सप्रेसवे, भ्रष्टाचार, रिश्वतकांड Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/cbi-chargesheet-details-bribery-in-pnc-infratech-highway-project/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/cbi-chargesheet-details-bribery-in-pnc-infratech-highway-project/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/