CBI books South Central Railway officer in bribery case

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday registered a case against the Divisional Operations Manager (DOM) of the Principal Chief Operations Manager’s Office, South Central Railway (SCR), Secunderabad, Telangana.

The CBI registered a case based on a complaint from the Deputy Chief Vigilance Officer (Traffic) and RPF Vigilance Branch, SCR.

The complaint alleged that the DOM demanded and accepted a bribe amounting to Rs. 1.65 lakh—comprising Rs. 40,000 in cash and Rs. 1.25 lakh via UPI transfers to his son's bank account—from candidates in exchange for selecting them for posts such as Traffic Inspectors and Chief Controllers in the Operating Department at the South Central Railway Headquarters.

Further allegations revealed that the officer received a total of Rs. 31.62 lakh through suspicious transactions in his and his son's accounts, far exceeding known sources of income.

CBI officials conducted searches at four locations—two in Solapur and one each in Hyderabad and Guntakal—resulting in the recovery of incriminating documents. The investigation is currently underway.