CBI arrests Railway official, 5 others in bribery case

New Delhi: A senior Railways official from Sealdah Division and five others were today arrested by CBI for allegedly receiving bribe in return of favouring business concerns of private companies in processing of bills and overlooking the omission against execution of various works.

The agency has arrested Kunal Mukherjee, Senior Divisional Engineer, managers of private companies Maruti Enterprises and Bee Tech Enterprises and three other private persons in an alleged bribe case of Rs 45,000.

“A case was registered alleging that two private persons managing the business affairs of Kolkata-based private firms had entered into a criminal conspiracy with Senior Divisional Electrical Engineer…during the year 2014,” CBI spokesperson said here today.

The official said these people allegedly paid huge amount of bribe to the Divisional Electrical Engineer of Railways for showing favour to their business concerns in processing of bills and overlooking the omission against the execution of various works.

“CBI laid a trap and arrested the Senior Divisional Electrical Engineer of Eastern Railway for accepting the bribe amount of Rs 45,000 from an employee of the said business concerns. The two Managers of said business concerns and their three employees were also arrested,” she said.

The spokesperson said searches in the official and residential premises of the accused were conducted.

“Cash of approximately Rs 5.5 lakh, FDRs worth around Rs 25 lakh, lockers in four different banks, various bank accounts and documents relating to other investments have been recovered from the premises of the Senior Divisional Electrical Engineer,” she said.

PTI