CBI arrests WCR Senior Section Engineer in a bribery case

The CBI has arrested a Senior Section Engineer of West Central Railway in Madhya Pradesh on Friday for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs. 45,000. The accused, identified as Ajayveer Singh, was posted as Senior Section Engineer (Electric-M) at New Katni Junction. According to the CBI, the case was registered on Thursday, following a complaint by  a railway contractor residing in Katni. The complainant alleged that the engineer had demanded Rs 1,500 per labourer for allowing 30 workers engaged by him to continue working at the railway station, amounting to a total bribe of Rs 45,000. The CBI registered a case under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

The CBI team laid a trap and caught the accused red-handed while accepting the money from the contractor in Katni. Later, he was produced before the competent CBI court in Jabalpur on Friday. The court remanded him to judicial custody until November 12. Searches were also conducted at his residence and office to collect incriminating documents and other evidence and further investigation is underway.