Railway engineer arrested while accepting bribe

Friday, March 10, 2006, 20:35 [IST]

Chandigarh, Mar 10 (UNI) The Anti-Corruption wing of the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) today arrested Chief Inspector of Works, Nothern Railways, Pathankot, while accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000.

A press release issued here by the CBI stated that Pradeep Kumar Sharma was caught red-handed while accepting the bribe from an railway contractor Ramesh Dahia.

A case under Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered against Pradeep Sharma.

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