CBI arrests railway official from Bihar’s Hazipur in Rs 2-lakh bribery case
New Delhi: The CBI has arrested a Deputy Chief Materials Manager of the railways and two others from Hazipur in Bihar in connection with a Rs 2 lakh bribery case, officials said Thursday.
Sunil Kumar Gandhi, a 2012-batch IRSS officer of East Central Railway, Hazipur, peon Raman Chaurasia and a private person, Amod Kumar Rai, allegedly collected regular illegal gratification from the contractors of East Central Railway (ECR) for awarding tenders in their favour, the agency said.
“It was further alleged that the bribe money was being paid through a chain of connected persons /firms on behalf of a Tamil Nadu-based private company which had been allegedly favoured in the tender process,” a CBI spokesperson said.
