Railway Deputy Chief Engineer Arrested For Taking Bribe in Delhi
New Delhi: The CBI has arrested Deputy Chief Engineer of Northern Railway Harish Kumar, along with a contractor and his son, for alleged bribery of Rs 5 lakh for extending undue favor in expeditious processing of pending bills, officials said Wednesday.
Kumar, an IRSE officer of the 2006 batch, is posted at the Charbagh railway station in Lucknow
He was arrested along with the bribe givers — Virendra Tomar and his son Prashant Tomar of Tomar Construction.
“A case was registered on Nov 7 against 10 accused, including public servants of Northern Railway, Lucknow and private persons. It was alleged that the public servants posted at Northern Railway, Hazaratganj, Lucknow entered into a conspiracy with private contractors and were showing undue favor in approving payments for variation/deviation, expeditious processing of due payments, etc.,” the CBI spokesperson said.
He said that following the registration of the case searches were conducted at several premises of the accused in Lucknow, Jaunpur, and Kosi Kalan, which led to the recovery of approximately Rs 52 lakh, locker keys, electronic items, and incriminating documents.
“The arrested accused will be produced tomorrow before the competent court,” he said.
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