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CBI Files FIR Against Rail Officials and Contractor in Lucknow-Varanasi Graft Operation

Investigators are combing through bill approvals, project records plus administrative files to trace illegal payments after FIRs named five officials with ties to a private contractor.

On Monday, the CBI had arrested four people, including the deputy chief engineer and the senior section engineer of the NR Lucknow Division (Sourced)
Sources said three other individuals had also been taken into custody and were being interrogated in connection with the case. (Pic for representation)
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Overview

  • The CBI filed an FIR on July 15 against senior Northern Railways and North Eastern Railway officials in Lucknow and Varanasi plus Tangent Infratech personnel for approving irregular Gati Shakti project bills in exchange for bribes.
  • Five individuals, including deputy chief engineer Vivek Kushwaha and clerk Anjum Nisha, were arrested and remanded in custody until July 28.
  • Multi-city raids yielded cash, technical files and administrative records linked to alleged bill inflation in station renovations under the ₹5–10 crore Gati Shakti scheme.
  • The FIR lists multiple cash payments, such as a ₹2 lakh transaction to Senior Divisional Engineer Rakesh Ranjan, and routine bribes to expedite bill clearances.
  • Investigators have seized key documents and expect further arrests as they deepen their probe into a coordinated bribery network within the flagship infrastructure initiative.