CBI registers case against railway official for demanding bribe

BHUBANESWAR: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against a railway official for allegedly demanding Rs 8,000 bribe from a paddy cultivator in Jagatsinghpur district. As per a complaint received by the CBI on Monday, the accused Benu Charan Sahoo, a permanent way inspector (PWI) posted in Raghunathpur railway station had demanded a bribe from the victim on December 2 to allow him paddy cultivation on railway land.