Title - Railway Ministry yet to sanction Kumar's prosecution

By Express News Service - NEW DELHI 29th June 2013 08:35 AM
Almost a couple of months after the CBI arrested Mahesh Kumar in the `10 crore railway bribery scam, the Railway Ministry is yet to give sanction to prosecute Kumar.

The CBI has finalised its chargesheet in the case and has sent its file to the Directorate of Prosecution seeking legal opinion on the evidence gathered and charges levelled against the accused.

On May 3, the CBI arrested former railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal’s nephew Vijay Singla while accepting a part payment of bribe amount of `90 lakh sent by ‘associates of Kumar to get him transferred from Member (Staff), Railway Board to Member (Electrical) Board.

It is alleged that Singla had demanded `10 crore to get Mahesh Kumar transferred.

In its chargesheet, the CBI would name Kumar, Singla and Bangalore based railway equipment supplier Manjunath, who arranged the bribe money.