CBI probing contracts cleared by Kumar

The bribe was for giving Kumar additional charge of General Manager Western Railways till the time he gets the desired post of Member Electrical. The CBI said the total deal amount was Rs 12 crore,including Rs 2 crore to be paid initially.

The CBI will look at all files cleared by Kumar in his capacity as GM and other posts that he held in the past. Interestingly,a product,Single Section Digital Axle Counter SSDAC-G36,made by GG Tronics was approved by the Research Designs and Standards Organisation. Any new technology introduced in the Railways is vetted by the RDSO. Manjunaths firm manufactures railway signal products and automation railway components,the CBI said.

We have recovered the first installment of Rs 90 lakh from one of the accused and the next installment of Rs 1.10 crore is lying somewhere. The intercepted conversations reveal that the second installment was to be paid in the next 3-4 days, said a CBI official.

The CBI has intercepted 1,000 telephonic conversations running into 80 hours. Investigators are quizzing each accused with the relevant portions since most of them were evasive in their replies.

Ajay Garg,an alleged middleman and a close aide of Singla,had promised Kumar that he would get his work of getting him the posting of his choice done through his contacts in the Railways Minister.