Railway officer who demanded Rs 100 bribe for every lakh rupees he cleared arrested for accepting Rs 50,000 bribe
The accused demanded Rs 100 for every Rs one lakh he cleared for payouts
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CBI has laid a trap and apprehended the accused while accepting said bribe of Rs. 50,000 in his office at Mumbai.The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Friday arrested the Chief Office Superintendent, Western Railway, Mumbai for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs. 50,000 from a representative of a private company.
CBI registered a case against the accused identified as Sanjay Waghela on allegations of demanding bribes from the complainant for processing bills of a private company. As per the complainant, the accused demanded Rs 100 for every Rs One lakh he cleared for payouts.
An official said that as per the complaint, the company is a regular supplier of Western Railways (WR) and used to submit bills against supplying materials to Western Railways for payments.
It was further stated that the complainant (representative of the company) used to follow up on behalf of said company with the accounts department of WR for timely passing and payments of bills.It was alleged that the said company had recently supplied materials to WR and submitted three bills amounting to approximately Rs 4.8 crore against the materials supplied. The complainant alleged that the accused was a processing officer at the Accounts Section of Railway Office.
When the complainant approached him for processing the bills, he demanded a bribe of Rs. 100 for every lakh rupees of the total billed amount of Rs. 4.80 crore (approx. Rs. 50,000 as bribe) from the complainant.
CBI has laid a trap and apprehended the accused while accepting said bribe of Rs. 50,000 in his office at Mumbai. Searches were conducted at two locations at the premises of the accused, which led to recovery of incriminating documents, an official said. The arrested accused was produced before a court on Friday and was remanded to CBI custody.
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