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New Delhi, July 6 (HS). The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested five people including the Railway Manager (DRM) of South Central Railway on charges of bribery. The CBI gave this information on Saturday. The CBI said that Gutkanal Division DRM Vineet Singh, Senior Divisional Finance Manager Kunda Pradeep Babu, Senior Divisional Engineer U Akki Reddy, Office Superintendent M Bala Ji and Accounting Assistant D Lakshmi Pati Raju have been arrested in the bribery case of Rs 11 lakh.
A CBI spokesperson said that apart from the five accused, Kuppam Naresh Kumar Reddy of CNR Projects India Private Limited Company of Bengaluru and a middleman N Rahmatulla of Hyderabad have also been detained. During the investigation, the team has recovered incriminating documents and digital devices during raids in Guntakal, Anantapur, Nellore, Tirupati, Hyderabad, Secunderabad and Bengaluru.
According to the CBI, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has registered a case against 13 people, including the seven arrested accused, and CNR Projects India Private Limited in the large-scale corruption case in the allotment of tenders in the South Central Division.
CBI spokesperson said that it is alleged that the public servants were involved in corrupt practices of awarding various tenders under their jurisdiction and paying inflated bills to contractors. Due to which they got wrong benefits and the government treasury suffered loss.
CBI alleges that DRM Vineet Singh had demanded 0.5 percent of the total bribe amount in the form of gold jewellery. Senior divisional engineer had demanded Rs 20 lakh as bribe. According to CBI, during the raid, Rs 10 lakh given as bribe to the divisional finance manager and Rs 50,000 each given to the office superintendent and accounting assistant were seized by the CBI team.
