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Thursday, April 25 2024
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Rs 10 lakh stashed in drainpipes of railway officer’s house

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New Delhi: Sleuths have seized a large amount of cash, several laptops and expensive mobile phones from the house of senior railway board official Ravi Mohan Sharma. He was arrested two days ago for allegedly taking bribes to illegally add coaches in special trains to benefit a private tour operator. Sharma has been sent to four days in CBI custody.

Posted as director, traffic and commercial (coaching) in railways, Sharma had allegedly taken money from tour operators Rajesh Champaklal Jodhani and Kulin Kumarpal Shah, owners of Kulin Kumar Holidays Pvt Ltd. He is accused of favouring the operators in processing applications for adding special coaches for their tourist clients in a special train from Surat to Haridwar.

Sources said Sharma had hidden a large amount of cash in the drain pipes of his house, which had to be broken to recover them. The sleuths have seized Rs 10 lakh in cash from the drain pipes.

Also, half a dozen laptops, I-phones and several other smart phones were recovered from his house, sources said. The searches are still on. He was arrested for allegedly receiving Rs 5 lakh as bribe on Wednesday through hawala channels for facilitating additional coaches for tourists on special trains.

Sharma, an Indian Railway Traffic Service officer of 1997 batch, allegedly took bribes in other contracts too, sources said.

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