New Delhi, July 13: The CBI has arrested a Divisional Railway Manager in the South Central Railways and five other officers in a case of alleged bribery of Rs 11 lakh for extending favours in contracts.
Besides DRM of Guntakal Division Vineet Singh, the probe agency has arrested Senior Divisional Finance Manager Kunda Pradeep Babu, Senior Divisional Engineer Coordination U Akki Reddy, Office Superintendent M Balaji and Account Assistant D Lakshmi Pathi Raju.
Kuppam Rameshkumar Reddy, the director of Bengaluru-based company C N R Projects India Private Limited, and Hyderabad-based middleman N Rahamathulla were also taken into custody by the CBI.
CBI conducted searches at Guntakal, Anantapur, Nellore, Tirupati, Hyderabad, Secunderabad and Bengaluru which led to the recovery of several incriminating documents and digital devices.
CBI has booked 13 individuals, including the seven arrested, and the company CNR Projects for large-scale corruption in the award of tenders in Guntakal Division of the South Central Railways.
More reports awaited.
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