A Central Bureau of Investigation team on Tuesday arrested Senior Section Engineer Vijay Kumar Yadav of Electrical Department at Divisional Railway Manager Office in Hatia red handed with Rs 3.44 lakh bribe money. CBI officials said that Yadav was arrested by the bureau after a complaint was filed against him by a contractor with the Anti Corruption branch of the bureau in Ranchi.
“The complaint was filed against the engineer by a contractor Prakash Singh that he was demanding bribe in lieu of clearing a bill pending for quite some time against the work done by him. Yadav was caught red handed with bribe money of Rs 3.44 lakh,” said a CBI official requesting anonymity. Yadav will be produced before a Special CBI Court on Wednesday, he added.
The CBI team was headed by Deputy Superintendent of Police Satish Chandra Jha.
Sources in the CBI also revealed that the names of two senior officials of South Eastern Railway was also emerging for which documents were being verified so that action could also be taken against them.
“The matter relates the contract of cleaning bed rolls awarded to Singh, being monitored by the Electrical Department, which was about to be cancelled after being recommended by a committee formed following complaints of irregularity was received by the DRM office,” said the source.
Yadav allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs 30 lakh for clearing the pending bill of Rs 86 lakh against which Singh was said to have paid an advance of Rs 3.44 lakh to the Engineer.
The contractor, however, has already been slapped a fine of Rs 25 lakh for irregularities in the works done by it by the South Eastern Railway.
Raids were being conducted at the Sail City residence of Railway Engineer till late in the evening.