The CBI has recovered cash to the tune of `1.38 crore cash and `1.13 crore in bank accounts of Deputy Chief Engineer of Railways, Arun Kumar Mittal, who was arrested for allegedly taking a bribe from a contractor.
Immediately after Mittal’s arrest last week, the CBI had seized `38 lakh cash and about `1 crore was recovered during searches at his premises. Kumar was posted as Deputy Chief Engineer (Construction), Northern Railway, Lucknow.
Out of the `1.13 crore recovered from the bank accounts of the accused and his family members, majority of the amount was allegedly deposited in cash in various bank accounts, the CBI said. A case was registered on a complaint against Mittal on the allegations of demanding bribes from the complainant in lieu of passing the bills of his firm engaged in project work at Charbagh, Lucknow. The arrested accused was produced on December 2 before the Competent Court, Lucknow which remanded him to CBI custody.