The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) carried out raids at two Railway officers’ residences on Saturday for their alleged role in accepting huge sum of bribe for releasing transfer orders.
Top sources said that the CBI squad recovered at least Rs 8 lakh cash amount during the raid. The raid was carried out by anti corruption wing of CBI based in Bhilai.
Assistant Divisional Electrical Engineer (SECR) Piyush Mishra and an Assistant loco Pilot SK Vishwakarma were nabbed on Friday late evening in Raigarh, while accepting bribe.
Sources informed that a railway employee had made complaint that he was transferred. However he was not able to get the order copy as the accused duo were demanding bribe for handing over the order copy.
According to the complainant, money was meant to reach Piyush Mishra through Vishwakarma, sources said.
Acting on complaint, CBI team laid a trap and caught Vishwakarma red-handed while accepting bribe of Rs 2,000. later on raid was also carried out at the residence of the Piyush Mishra, while he was caught accepting money from Vishwakarma, sources revealed.
The CBI team while searching Mishra’s house sized cash Rs 8 lakhbesides certain documents and his bank accounts were also being checked. A case has been registered against the accused duo.