The CBI has arrested seven accused persons, including an Additional Divisional Railway Manager posted at Guwahati in a bribery case of Rs 50 lakh and recovered Rs 47 lakh during the searches at the premises of the accused persons.
The arrested accused in the case are ADRM, Guwahati. Jitendra Pal Singh (Indian Railway Service of Engineers (IRSE) officer of 1997-batch), Shyamal Kumar Deb (contractor, who arranged the bribe money), Hari Om (acquaintance of the accused ADRM), Yogendra Kumar Singh (Driver of Hariom), Dilawar Khan, (Cashier of the Hawala Shop), Vinod Kumar Singhal alias Mukesh (owner of Hawala shop) and Sanjeet Ray (hawala cashier).
A case was registered against an Additional Divisional Railway Manager (ADRM), Guwahati and other private persons including contractors among others, the CBI said in a statement.
“It was alleged that the accused had entered into a conspiracy with the intention of showing undue favours to the private contractors for awarding of contract agreements, preparation of measurement book, processing of running account bills, early release of payment against pending bills and for the ongoing work of construction in North East Frontier Railway as well as for early release of security deposit and bank guarantees,” the agency said.
It was further alleged that the accused ADRM was habitual of demanding and accepting undue advantage from various contractors while being posted as Chief Engineer, Construction, New Jalpaiguri, Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR). It was also alleged that a contractor was facilitating the delivery of the bribe to ADRM, Guwahati through his acquaintance from a Hawala operator in Delhi.
The CBI laid a trap and caught an acquaintance of the accused ADRM while accepting the bribe of Rs 50 lakh on behalf the said senior railway official delivered through Hawala channel. The ADRM and others were subsequently caught.
Searches were conducted at premises of ADRM and others in various locations including at Delhi, Narora, Guwahati, Siliguri and Aligarh which led to recovery of Rs 47 lakh cash, Laptops and several incriminating documents, it said.