CBI arrests railway officer in UP for taking Rs 3 lakh bribe, seizes Rs 2.61 crore money | Lucknow Information

LUCKNOW: The Anti-corruption Bureau crew of the CBI arrested a principal chief materials supervisor of the North Jap Railway whereas accepting Rs 3 lakh bribe on Wednesday.
The CBI additionally carried out raids on the premises of accused KC Joshi at Noida and Gorakhpur which led to the restoration of Rs 2.61 crore money.
CBI sources mentioned that the quantity recovered couldn’t be accounted for by the accused.
The CBI mentioned {that a} criticism was made in opposition to Joshi, an Indian Railway Shops Service (IRSS) 1988 batch officer by a Gorakhpur-based non-public agency proprietor Pranav Tripathi.
Tripathi had alleged that Joshi had demanded Rs 7 Lakh for not cancelling the registration of the complainant’s agency on GeM portal. It was additional alleged that the complainant’s agency was supplying vans to Railways on yearly contract at Rs 80,000 per truck monthly.
The CBI laid a entice and caught the accused whereas accepting Rs 3 lakh bribe from Pranav Tripathi.