The CBI on Monday said it has arrested a Chief Freight Transport Manager (IRTS of 1996 batch), posted at East Central Railway headquarter in Hajipur (Bihar), Sanjay Kumar, and two other IRTS officers besides others in a bribery case of Rs 6 lakh. The agency recovered Rs 46.5  lakh cash during searches at the premises of the accused.

Besides Kumar, Rupesh Kumar (IRTS-2011 batch), Senior DOM, Samastipur, East Central Railway, Bihar and posted at Samastipur, Sachin Mishra (IRTS-2011 batch), Sr.DOM, Sonpur, Nawal Ladha and Manoj Ladha of Kolkata-based Abha Agro Industries Private Limited and private person Manoj Kumar Saha have also been arrested in the case, officials said.

 A case was registered on Sunday against the Chief Freight Transport Manager two Senior Divisional Operations Managers (DOMs) Directors of a private company and  other private person on the allegations that accused were in the habit of collection of illegal gratification from the vendors of East Central Railway (ECR) for preferential allotment of railway racks for loading goods, the CBI said in a statement.

It was further alleged that the Director of Kolkata-based company Naval Ladha regularly avails out of turn and priority allotment of railway rack services, having extra stacking time for his firm and other undue advantages in exchange of payment of huge bribes on monthly basis to the said public servants, the agency said.

“It was also alleged that the said Director of a private company instructed his brother (private person) to send Rs 23.5 lakh to be delivered to various officers of ECR,” it said. The CBI laid a trap and caught the CFTM  while accepting the bribe of Rs 6 lakh. The bribe giver was also caught. Later, three other accused were caught.