RCF, Kapurthala, engineer held for taking Rs 1L bribe

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, September 4

The anti-graft central probe agency CBI today said it has arrested Principal Chief Engineer of Rail Coach Factory Kapurthala Suresh Chand Meena for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 1 lakh from a contractor.

Officials in the agency said the CBI had registered a case against Meena on a complaint filed by the contractor, who on a regular basis undertakes works related to civil and horticulture of Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala. “In the complaint, it was alleged the complainant met the Principal Chief Engineer, RCF, Kapurthala, in connection with tender/payment related work in his office. During the meeting, the accused allegedly demanded bribe at the rate of 1 per cent of gross payments received by the complainant’s firm in lieu of completed tender work and also for further continuation of contract work,” a CBI spokesperson said.

The CBI laid a trap in Kapurthala and caught the accused red-handed while demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 1 lakh, he said, adding searches were conducted at the office and residential premises of the accused in Kapurthala and Jaipur, which led to recovery of incriminating documents.

“The arrested accused was today produced in the court of Special Judge, CBI cases, Mohali (Punjab), and was remanded in 14-day judicial custody,” the spokesman said.

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