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New Delhi, June 5
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has apprehended an accused Junior Engineer in North Central Railways, Prayagraj Division, Mainpuri of Uttar Pradesh.
The accused allegedly demanded and accepted illegal gratification of Rs.1 lakh (as 1st installment of demanded illegal gratification of Rs.4 lakh) from the complainant.
A case was registered on June 3 against the said accused on the basis of complaint made by a private company that the company had executed the work of laying of 06-Quad Poly Insulated Jelly Filled cables between Farukhabad to Sikohabad alongside Railway Line. It was alleged that the said accused had demanded undue advantage of Rs. 4 lakh from the complainant private company for clearing its pending bills amounting to Rs. 20 lakh.
The CBI laid a trap and caught the accused red-handed. Searches were also conducted at the residential and official premises of the accused at Mainpuri, officials added.
