Railway Bribery Case: Probe Agency Recovers Rs 2.19 Crore Cash During Raid
NDTV
The CBI had carried out searches at the premises of the accused in nine locations, including Guwahati, Patna and Noida, on Tuesday
The CBI has arrested Northeast Frontier Railway Chief Electrical Engineer V K Upadhyay and recovered Rs 2.19 crore in connection with a bribery case in which his deputy Ranjit Kumar Borah was arrested while allegedly receiving Rs 15 lakh bribe, officials said on Wednesday.
The agency had carried out searches at the premises of the accused in nine locations, including Guwahati, Patna and Noida, on Tuesday, leading to the recovery of around Rs 2.19 crore in cash and several incriminating documents.
"Out of this, cash of Rs 2.13 crore (approximately) and details of three flats in Noida were found at the premises of Chief Engineer (Upadhyay)," CBI spokesperson R C Joshi said.
He said that during searches at the premises of Borah, the agency recovered around Rs 6 lakh in cash and details of six flats, including in Guwahati, in his name and that of his family members.
