The CBI has recovered an additional Rs 2.04 crore during further searches conducted in the bribery case related to senior officers of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR).
It was found during further searches at the premises of a private firm located at Kailash Colony here that certain items were removed and concealed at other places in Delhi. Earlier, Rs 2.39 crore in cash was recovered during searches.
On Tuesday, searches were also conducted in Sikkim and Kanpur. During earlier searches at 26 locations, including at Delhi, Uttarakhand, Assam, Tripura and West Bengal, a total amount of Rs 2.39 crore was recovered. This includes an alleged bribe of Rs 1 crore, which exchanged hands and is stated to be one of the biggest bribe money trapped, the CBI had said.
Besides this, there were recoveries of jewellery and documents related to property from the locations of accused. So far, Rs 4.43 crore have been recovered.
The CBI has registered a case against a Chief Administrative Officer of NFR, Mahendra Singh Chauhan and others under relevant sections of IPC and Prevention of Corruption Act.