CBI Nabs Railway Engineers and Contractors in Varanasi Bribery Bust
The CBI has arrested five individuals, including railway officials and private company employees, in a bribery case linked to the Gati Shakti Project in Varanasi. Authorities recovered substantial bribe amounts from the accused, highlighting corruption within the Northern Railway's Gati Sakti Unit and associated contractors.
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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has apprehended five individuals, including key railway officials and two private company employees, as part of a corruption probe concerning the Gati Shakti Project in Varanasi. The arrests were announced in a CBI press release on Tuesday.
According to the statement, those detained include the Deputy Chief Engineer from the Gati Sakti Unit, Northern Railway in Lucknow, along with a Senior Selection Engineer and an Officer Superintendent from Northern Railway's Lucknow branch. The investigation revealed that a private company, contracted for work under the Gati Shakti Project at Bhadhoi, Varanasi, was involved in the bribery scheme.
The probe uncovered that the Dy Chief Engineer accepted a total of Rs 2.50 lakh as an undue advantage from a private company employee, who had previously delivered Rs 80,000 to the Officer Superintendent. The arrests underline growing concerns of graft within the Northern Railway infrastructure projects.
(With inputs from agencies.)
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