The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested three railway officials, including an IRCTC employee, in separate bribery cases across Mumbai, Varanasi, and Howrah. The action is part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to curb corruption in the railway sector.
In one case, the CBI arrested a senior executive of the IRCTC West Zone Office in Mumbai and the director of Kolkata-based Araha Hospitality Pvt. Ltd. in a bribery case. According to the agency, the IRCTC official allegedly conspired with the private company director and others to obtain undue advantage as a reward for improper and dishonest discharge of his duties. The CBI alleged that the IRCTC official accepted bribes of Rs 1.98 lakh on April 21 and Rs 2 lakh on June 8, 2026.
In another case, the CBI arrested the Senior Divisional Materials Manager (Sr. DMM) of North Eastern Railway (NER) in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, in a bribery case. The agency registered the case based on a complaint from the owner of a GeM-registered private firm that had supplied furniture worth Rs 9.47 lakh to the railway official’s office between February and June 2026 but had received only part payment. According to the CBI, the railway official allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs 1.70 lakh on July 15 in exchange for releasing pending payments and processing further payments to the complainant.
In a third case, the CBI arrested the Deputy Chief Signal & Telecommunication Engineer of South Eastern Railway’s Chakradharpur Division, along with two representatives of Kolkata-based MRT Signals Ltd., in a bribery case. The agency registered the case on July 24, alleging that the railway official conspired with the company’s representatives to receive bribes in exchange for extending undue favours in the processing and approval of contract variation files under the Price Variation Clause (PVC) and other signal and telecommunication works in the Chakradharpur Division.
The CBI laid traps in all three cases and caught the accused red-handed while accepting bribes. The agency recovered and seized cash, incriminating documents, and digital evidence in all three cases. The accused are being produced before the competent courts, and investigations are ongoing.
The CBI said that these cases reaffirm its commitment to preventing corruption and taking prompt action against public servants and private individuals involved in corrupt practices.
