<p>The probe into the bribery scandal that led to resignation of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal is expected to be completed within three months, CBI Director Ranjit Sinha said today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Ruling out that there was any pressure to go soft on the case, Sinha said the scandal was unearthed after his officers went about their investigations in a professional manner.<br /><br />"There was no pressure. It was a professional job done by our officers without any political considerations. So there was no case of being hard or soft on the case.<br /><br />"Everything was done keeping in mind corruption angle. After all huge amount of money was changing hands," Sinha told PTI here.<br /><br />The CBI Director refused to answer whether the agency was planning to summon Bansal for questioning. "Well I would not like to comment on this as the matter is under investigation.<br /><br />However, he said the agency was trying to complete "the investigations and chargesheet all accused within 90 days."<br /><br />This will prevent the arrested accused from getting a bail. According to the law, there can be no automatic bail if the probe agency files a chargesheet within three months of the arrest of the accused.<br /><br />In this case, the CBI has arrested eight people including Vijay Singla, nephew of Bansal, and Mahesh Kumar, Member(Railway Board) who were held on May three.<br /><br />Others arrested included alleged middlemen Sandeep Goel and Narayanrao Manjunath, Delhi-based resident Rahul Yadav and two courier boys -- Dharmendra Kumar and Vivek Kumar.<br /><br />Ajay Garg, close aide of Singla, surrendered before a local court here on May seven.<br /><br />Singla was caught in Chandigarh while receiving a bribe of Rs 90 lakh sent through the courier boys on May four as part of a promised amount for shifting Kumar as Member (Electrical) of the railway Board.</p>
<p>The probe into the bribery scandal that led to resignation of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal is expected to be completed within three months, CBI Director Ranjit Sinha said today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Ruling out that there was any pressure to go soft on the case, Sinha said the scandal was unearthed after his officers went about their investigations in a professional manner.<br /><br />"There was no pressure. It was a professional job done by our officers without any political considerations. So there was no case of being hard or soft on the case.<br /><br />"Everything was done keeping in mind corruption angle. After all huge amount of money was changing hands," Sinha told PTI here.<br /><br />The CBI Director refused to answer whether the agency was planning to summon Bansal for questioning. "Well I would not like to comment on this as the matter is under investigation.<br /><br />However, he said the agency was trying to complete "the investigations and chargesheet all accused within 90 days."<br /><br />This will prevent the arrested accused from getting a bail. According to the law, there can be no automatic bail if the probe agency files a chargesheet within three months of the arrest of the accused.<br /><br />In this case, the CBI has arrested eight people including Vijay Singla, nephew of Bansal, and Mahesh Kumar, Member(Railway Board) who were held on May three.<br /><br />Others arrested included alleged middlemen Sandeep Goel and Narayanrao Manjunath, Delhi-based resident Rahul Yadav and two courier boys -- Dharmendra Kumar and Vivek Kumar.<br /><br />Ajay Garg, close aide of Singla, surrendered before a local court here on May seven.<br /><br />Singla was caught in Chandigarh while receiving a bribe of Rs 90 lakh sent through the courier boys on May four as part of a promised amount for shifting Kumar as Member (Electrical) of the railway Board.</p>