CBI arrests two Railway officers in separate bribery cases in Mysore

An Office Superintendent working in the South Western Railway of the Mysore division was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000 from a complainant's relative, the first installment of a larger bribe.

As per a CBI statement, a complaint was filed against the Officer Superintendent on the allegations of the demand for Rs 1 lakh from the complainant for his job in the Railways.

"The CBI laid a trap and the accused was caught while accepting a bribe of Rs. 25,000 as a first installment from the relative of the complainant. Searches are being conducted today at the residential and official premises of the accused at Mysore. A case was registered under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act thereafter," the statement said.

In a similar case, the CBI also arrested a clerk working in the office of Senior Divisional Security Commissioner, RPF, in Mumbai for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 17,000 from the complainant.

" The CBI registered a case against the said clerk on the allegations of the demand of a bribe of Rs. 17,000 for processing the pension papers of the complainant and the release of his retirement benefits. The CBI laid a trap and caught the accused red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs. 17,000 from the complainant. Searches are being conducted at the premises of accused," the statement said.

Both the accused will be produced before the court.

( With inputs from ANI )