Railgate-Report

Railway bribery case: CBI hunts for Bansal's another nephew

06 May 2013, 07:16 PM

New Delhi: In further embarrassment for the Union Railway Minister, name of Pawan Kumar Bansal’s another nephew has surfaced in the ‘job for sale’ scandal.

Going by the reports, the Central Bureau of Investigating (CBI) is on the lookout for Ajay Garg, the other nephew of Railway Minister. Garg was reportedly present along with Vijay Singla and Sandeep Goyal when the bribe amount of Rs 90 lakh was being delivered in the railways scandal. If the sources in the CBI are to be believed then Garg is the alleged middle man in the scandal.

The CBI on Sunday had arrested two Delhi-based businessmen Samir Sandhir and Rahul Yadav along with a Faridabad-based businessman Sunil Dagga. The three persons, arrested for their alleged role in the bribery case, were remanded in CBI custody till May 7 by a Delhi court.

Among them, Dagga is said to be a close associate of accused Narain Rao Manjunath, Managing Director of G G Tronics India Pvt Ltd .

Manjunath, Rahul Yadav and Samir Sandhir are accused of arranging Rs 90 lakh which was delivered to Singla. With the Sunday’s arrests the total number of people held in the case has reached nine. Bansal’s nephew Vijay Singla, Railways board member Mahesh Kumar, businessmen Manjunath and Sandeep Goyal, Dharmendra, Vivek Panda, Samir Sandhir and Sunil Daga were among those who were arrested in the case.

JPN/Bureau