New Delhi: In a major development in the Railway bribery case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed chargesheet against Vijay Singla, nephew of the then Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and Mahesh Kumar, member staff of the Railway Board.
Many others have been named in the chargesheet which include N. Manjunath, Sandeep Goyal, Ajay Garg, Rahul Yadav, Sameer Sandhir, Sushil Daga, C.V. Venugopal, M.V. Murali Krishna and Venketeshwara Rail Nirman Pvt Ltd under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The chargesheet was filed in a Special PMLA court in Chandigarh, a release said on Tuesday.
“During the course of investigations under PMLA, it was revealed that N. Manjunath on behalf of Mahesh Kumar had persuaded various Railway vendors/S&T manufactures/ contractors for making arrangement of bribe amount for promotion of Mahesh Kumar as Member (Electrical) by alluring them that all the contributors will be taken care of/benefited from the desired posting of Mahesh Kumar,” the ED said.
“Investigation further revealed that aforesaid first instalment of bribe amount of Rs. 89,68,000/- was contributed by N. Manjunath, M.V. Murli Krishna, SushilDaga and M/s Venketeshwara Rail NirmanPvt. Ltd. That, Rs. 50 Lacs were contributed by Manjunath himself, Rs. 25 Lacs by M.V. MuraliKrishan, Rs. 5 lacs by SushilDaga and Rs. 10 Lacs from the account of M/s. Venkteshwara Rail NirmanPvt. Ltd. by Rahul Yadav and SushilDaga. The aforesaid amount was routed through the account of various companies/individuals and with assistance of Hawala agents, the amount Rs. 89,68,000 was finally made available/arranged at Delhi in the form of cash which was delivered to Vijay Singla at his office in Sector 28, Chandigarh by the employees of SushilDaga and Rahul Yadav of Delhi,” ED said further.
The ED has also demanded punishment for those named in the chargesheet and confiscation of their assets.
Bansal had to step down from the post after the controversy.
“Singla demanded Rs 10 crore through Sandeep Goyal from N Manjunath to get Mahesh Kumar posted as Member (Electrical),” the ED had said, quoting the CBI probe.
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