SCR engineer held for taking bribe

HYDERABAD:

CBI sleuths

on Friday arrested a

senior section engineer

of South Central Railway for accepting a

bribe

of Rs 14,000. The accused, M Vijaya Raju, works at

Jammalamadugu

in Guntakal division.

CBI booked a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act against Raju based on a specific complaint. The complainant alleged that he was absent from his duties during February-March 2020 due to ill-health and Raju had demanded 14,000 for showing the complainant’s absent period of 21 days as ‘on duty’. The accused officer also told the complainant he would not issue a charge memo against him if bribe was paid. Searches are being conducted at the office and residence of the accused. He will be produced before the competent court and will be shifted to judicial custody. TNN