The CBI on Monday conducted searches at the premises of an executive engineer of the South Western Railways for allegedly taking undue advantage from contractors through bank accounts and receiving a bribe of Rs 1.29 crore from 2011 to 2019.
The searches followed registration of a case against an Executive Engineer, South Western Railways, Bangalore, Ghanshyam Pradhan, private person M Suryanarayana Reddy, private contractor Krishi Infratech, represented by M Suryanarayana Reddy and another private person Vangala Suryanarayana Reddy besides unknown public servant(s) private person(s).
“It was alleged that the accused public servant accepted undue advantage from the contractors through bank accounts while handling/supervising works executed by the contractors.
It was further alleged that illegal gratification to the tune of Rs 1,29,00,000 was received by the said public servant in his accounts and in the accounts of his family members from the contractors during the period from 2011 to 2019,” the agency said in a statement.
Searches were conducted at 16 locations including at Bangalore, Hubli, Mysore, Sangli, Nandyala and Rangareddy at the premises of accused others which led to recovery of several incriminating documents, it added.