The CBI on Tuesday apprehended the Deputy Chief Electrical Engineer (Coaching), Northern Frontier Railway (NFR), Guwahati and a private person (bribe giver) in an alleged bribery case of Rs 15 lakh.A case was registered against Deputy Chief Electrical Engineer Ranjit Kumar Borah, Director of a Patna-based private company. Sun Shine Devices Private Limited, Chintan Jain, and the firm’s employee Niraj Kumar, and other unknown public servants and private persons.
“It was alleged that the public servant while posted earlier as Deputy Chief Electrical Engineer (Construction) in NFR had obtained two immovable properties viz. benami flats as alleged illegal gratification from the Director of said private company,,” the CBI said.
It was alleged that the accused railway official demanded a bribe of Rs 2.10 crore from the private persons in lieu of the two benami flats for extending undue benefits to him in the past and also assured to extend undue favour in future as well.It was also alleged that the private person started transferring the bribe money to the public servant in installments.
The CBI laid a trap and apprehended the public servant and the employee of the accused Director of the private company as soon as the bribe of `15 lakh was exchanged between them, it said.