CBI arrests Railways Deputy Chief Engineer, NHAI DGM in bribery case
On Tuesday, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested five persons including an NHAI official in connection with a bribery case, an official said.
Searches were conducted at thirteen places at Bhopal, Jabalpur, Katni, Chindwara, Indore, and Rewa at the premises of the accused which led to the recovery of incriminating documents including property documents.
The official said that Rs.5.35 lakh in cash and 149 gm gold jewelry were recovered from the residence of Deputy CE, WCR, and 600 grams of gold ornaments and 200 gm silver ornaments were also recovered from the premises of DGM, NHAI.
All the arrested individuals were presented before the Special CBI Court which sent them to CBI custody till July 28.
The arrested individuals were identified as Sanjay Kumar Nigam, Deputy Chief Engineer, West Central Railway (WCR); Rakesh Chowksey; Ram Rao Dadhe, Deputy General Manager & Project Director, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI); Ram Sanjivan Pal, an employee of Shreeji Infrastructure India Pvt. Ltd and Narayan Das, also an employee of Shreeji Infrastructure India Pvt. Ltd.
The CBI registered a case on July 23.
It was alleged that the accused demanded illegal gratification from the private contractor for settling the pending matters related to approval of the design and permission for beginning construction work, passing of due bills, etc., of the said contractor. The accused allegedly demanded a bribe.
An official said that a trap was laid in which the Technician of Divisional office, WCR Bhopal, and the employee (GM) of a private company based at Jabalpur, were caught while exchanging the alleged bribe. Later, the other three accused were also apprehended.
[With Inputs from IANS]
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