Senior divisional engineer of North Eastern Railways arrested for taking bribe of Rs two lakhThe contractor was awarded a Rs four crore project to lay railway tracks from Thawe to Chhapra by Singh on July 25, they said.
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New Delhi: The CBI has arrested Satyam Kumar Singh, a senior divisional engineer of the North Eastern Railways, for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs two lakh from a contractor in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi, officials said on Wednesday.
The contractor was awarded a Rs four crore project to lay railway tracks from Thawe to Chhapra by Singh on July 25, they said.
"It was alleged that accused demanded bribe of Rs 2 lakh from the complainant and threatened to obstruct the work and not pass his bills in future unless the bribe amount was paid," a CBI spokesperson said in a statement.
Singh was caught red-handed demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 2 lakh from the contractor, the statement said. PTI ABS AS AS