CBI arrests senior railway officer, aide in Chhattisgarh bribery case

The CBI arrested a senior railway officer and his alleged aide in a bribery case in Chhattisgarh’s Durg district. The agency recovered around Rs 77 lakh in cash and jewellery worth Rs 14 lakh during searches at the officer’s premises

Raipur: The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a senior railway officer and his aide in connection with a bribery case in Chhattisgarh’s Durg district, officials said on Saturday. Searches conducted subsequently at the residential and office premises of the accused officer in Raipur and Bhilai led to the recovery of around Rs 77 lakh cash and jewellery worth approximately Rs 14 lakh, according to the CBI.

The accused officer had allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs 2 lakh from a complainant for clearing his pending bills, but later agreed to accept Rs 1 lakh, the agency said. On August 13, the CBI nabbed him while he was allegedly accepting Rs 50,000 as the first instalment of the bribe through the alleged tout.

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Anmol Ukey, an Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME) officer posted as Senior Divisional Mechanical Engineer (DME) with the South East Central Railway (SECR) in Bhilai, was arrested on August 14 along with his alleged tout, the CBI said in a statement.

Searches were subsequently conducted at the residential and office premises of the accused officer in Raipur and Bhilai, during which cash amounting to around Rs 77 lakh and jewellery worth approximately Rs 14 lakh were found, the agency said. A court remanded Ukey and the alleged tout in police custody for four days, the CBI said. Further investigation in the case is underway, it added.