The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered yet another case related to a major bribery racket allegedly involving several officials of the North East Frontier Railway zone, who were previously booked along with private contractors and others in three cases.
The latest First Information Report (FIR) has been instituted against 20 persons/companies. Among those named are the then Deputy Chief Engineer Rampal, and his relative Ajay Bharti; Senior Section Engineer Santosh Kumar, who was posted in Silchar (Assam), his father Ambika Saw, wife Pushpa Kumari, brother Vipin, and sister-in-law Preeti Gupta.
Nayak Infra Private Limited, Sushee Infra and Mining Limited, Raj Engineering Construction, Northeast Marketing Company, and Kakarlapudi Infrastructure Private Limited have also been included. The accused are from Patna (Bihar), Kolkata and Bardhaman (West Bengal), Imphal and Tamenglong (Manipur), Silchar (Assam), Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), and Rohini (Delhi).