<p>The CBI has arrested a top official of the Central Railway (CR), his driver and the partner of a Kolkata-based private company in a Rs 1 lakh alleged bribery case.</p>.<p>The main suspect is Ashok Kumar Gupta, the Principal Chief Mechanical Engineer (PCME), based at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Mumbai.</p>.<p>Gupta's properties, investments and shares to the tune of several crores have come under the scanner.</p>.<p>The two other suspects are Abdul Kalam Shaikh, Technician-II, who was posted as the driver; and Aditya Tibrewal, partner, Anand Sales Corporation, Kolkata.</p>.<p>It was alleged that the bills of the Kolkata-based private company were pending with the mechanical department of the railway.</p>.<p>The PCME, CR, CSMT, Mumbai, was overall in charge of the department of CR and all tenders and work contracts related to the department were under his purview.</p>.<p>On specific instructions of the officer, Shaikh accepted the bribe of Rs 1 lakh on his behalf from a private firm having an office at Bandra, which in turn delivered the said bribe amount on behalf of the partner of a Kolkata-based private company.</p>.<p>“CBI caught the said PCME(who demanded the bribe) and his driver and also recovered the bribe amount. Later, the said partner of a Kolkata-based private company was also caught. Searches were conducted at 10 locations, including in Mumbai, Kolkata, Ghaziabad, Noida, Dehradun, and Delhi, at the premises of the accused,” a CBI press statement said.</p>.<p>During searches at the premises of PCME, cash to the tune of Rs 23 lakh, jewellery including diamonds worth around Rs 40 lakh have been recovered.</p>.<p>“Details of investments of around Rs 8 crore; land and houses at Noida, Haridwar, Dehradun and Delhi worth about more than Rs 5 crore; 3 foreign bank accounts in Singapore and USA having deposits to the tune of around $2,00,000; one NRI bank account and other bank accounts in the name of the accused and family members have been found. One bank locker has also been identified,” the CBI stated.</p>
<p>The CBI has arrested a top official of the Central Railway (CR), his driver and the partner of a Kolkata-based private company in a Rs 1 lakh alleged bribery case.</p>.<p>The main suspect is Ashok Kumar Gupta, the Principal Chief Mechanical Engineer (PCME), based at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Mumbai.</p>.<p>Gupta's properties, investments and shares to the tune of several crores have come under the scanner.</p>.<p>The two other suspects are Abdul Kalam Shaikh, Technician-II, who was posted as the driver; and Aditya Tibrewal, partner, Anand Sales Corporation, Kolkata.</p>.<p>It was alleged that the bills of the Kolkata-based private company were pending with the mechanical department of the railway.</p>.<p>The PCME, CR, CSMT, Mumbai, was overall in charge of the department of CR and all tenders and work contracts related to the department were under his purview.</p>.<p>On specific instructions of the officer, Shaikh accepted the bribe of Rs 1 lakh on his behalf from a private firm having an office at Bandra, which in turn delivered the said bribe amount on behalf of the partner of a Kolkata-based private company.</p>.<p>“CBI caught the said PCME(who demanded the bribe) and his driver and also recovered the bribe amount. Later, the said partner of a Kolkata-based private company was also caught. Searches were conducted at 10 locations, including in Mumbai, Kolkata, Ghaziabad, Noida, Dehradun, and Delhi, at the premises of the accused,” a CBI press statement said.</p>.<p>During searches at the premises of PCME, cash to the tune of Rs 23 lakh, jewellery including diamonds worth around Rs 40 lakh have been recovered.</p>.<p>“Details of investments of around Rs 8 crore; land and houses at Noida, Haridwar, Dehradun and Delhi worth about more than Rs 5 crore; 3 foreign bank accounts in Singapore and USA having deposits to the tune of around $2,00,000; one NRI bank account and other bank accounts in the name of the accused and family members have been found. One bank locker has also been identified,” the CBI stated.</p>
