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Railway minister's nephew arrested for accepting bribe

V Singla was arrested in Chandigarh for accepting Rs 90 lakh in cash from Manjunath

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Press Trust Of India New Delhi
In a case of alleged bribery of Rs 90 lakh for fixing a top-level position in the government, Railway Minister P K Bansal's nephew was arrested on friday by the CBI, which also held a member of the Railway board.

Senior officials said that Bansal's nephew V Singla was arrested in Chandigarh for accepting Rs 90 lakh in cash from Manjunath, the conduit of Kumar, recently promoted to member (staff) and trying to get a lucrative position as member (electrical).

Kumar was arrested in Mumbai by a CBI team soon after he had flown in from Delhi.

CBI has registered cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act and under the IPC against him.
 
The other person arrested by the CBI was Sandip Goyal, who allegedly assisted in brokering the deal.

Bansal, who was in the capital, avoided the media, despite repeated attempts to contact him.

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First Published: May 04 2013 | 12:11 AM IST

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