20% commission on building tenders, files pending due to rejection: Deal at the tea shop, changing locations daily; Inside story of a millionaire superintendent engineer.

In Purnia, the Superintendent Engineer of the Building Construction Department, Satyendra Kumar Chaudhary, allegedly used to take a commission of up to 20 percent on every tender. If the commission was not paid, the files would be kept pending for a long time. Not only that, but the amount and percentage of the commission were decided before the tender process even began, and some money was also taken as an advance. There was no fixed rate for the commission either. Some took 20 percent, while others took 30 percent.