Andhra Pradesh: CBI Arrests Railway Engineer In ₹15 Lakh Bribery Case

The CBI registered a case against the senior section engineer, four representatives of private companies and unidentified public servants and private persons in connection with the alleged demand and acceptance of the bribe.

According to the CBI, a joint venture of two private companies was awarded automatic block signalling work worth ₹179.50 crore by the South-Central Railway. The joint venture subsequently claimed a bonus of around ₹7 crore for completing the work ahead of schedule.

The agency received information that officials of CSTE Projects, South Central Railway, Vijayawada, allegedly manipulated and altered dates in the bonus file to extend undue favour to the joint venture and facilitate approval of its claim.

The managing director of the private company allegedly informed the accused engineer that his son would deliver the bribe amount while travelling from Visakhapatnam to Vijayawada on Sunday.

Acting on the information, CBI officials laid a trap and allegedly caught the engineer red-handed while accepting ₹15 lakh from the private person as a reward for sanctioning and releasing the bonus amount to the company. The bribe amount was recovered during the trap.

Searches are being conducted at the premises of the accused at Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Pithapuram and Hyderabad.

The arrested persons will be produced before the competent court at Vijayawada on Monday, the CBI said.