Bribery

Two Railways Officials, 6 others Booked for Bribery

 Patna (PNBE):  The CBI has registered a case against two senior railway officers and six others in a case of bribery. The accused include a chief administrative officer and a Chief Engineer (Construction), both working with North Eastern Railway (NER), a Chief Editor of a fortnightly magazine and five non-railway persons/contractors.

As per the case records, the private contractors, in conspiracy with others, had paid certain illegal gratification to the senior railway officials to manage contract worth Rs 58 crore related to the construction of three rail overbridge (RoB) between Maharajganj and Masrakh under NER in Bihar.

A CBI release said searches were conducted on the residence and office premises of railway officials and other accused at Gorakhpur (UP), Chhapra (Bihar) and Mumbai. During these searches, huge amount of cash, jewellery, bank accounts, fixed deposits, documents of properties and other incriminating documents were recovered. Certain documents relating to transfer and posting of railway personnel and awarding of railway contracts were also recovered during searches on the premises of a private person. “Further investigation is continuing,” a CBI official said.