Intercepted call records have shown that the accused in the Rs.10 crore cash-for-post railway bribery scam had hatched a conspiracy and held several meetings to fulfil their objective, the CBI said.
The agency, in its charge sheet, has relied upon the intercepted telephonic conversations between the accused to substantiate its allegations that a conspiracy was hatched to get the then Member (Staff), Railway Board, Mahesh Kumar appointed as Member (Electrical).
The CBI said Kumar was desiring to get himself appointed as Member (Electrical) and he came in contact with MD of Bangalore-based G G Tronics India Pvt Limited Narayan Rao Manjunath who told him about businessman Sandeep Goyal.
Kumar and Manjunath were in contact with Sandeep who had assured them that he would get the work done through his contact with Singla by using his personal influence in lieu of pecuniary gratification, the agency said.
Sandeep had demanded Rs 10 crore for this purpose from Kumar through Manjunath out of which Rs five crore was to be paid before appointment and balance Rs five crore after the job was done, it said.
The CBI further said that Kumar, who was holding the post of General Manager, Western Railway, Mumbai at that time had also requested Sandeep to manage through his links to get the additional charges of General Manager, western Railway and S and T till he holds the post of Member (staff).
Kumar had asked Manjunath to arrange Rs two crore in association with others who were dealing with the Railways for making payment to Sandeep and had assured him that he would extend official favour to them in lieu of this, it said.
The agency said that they have interception of telephonic conversations of the accused persons and Kumar was in contact with Manjunath and they along with Sandeep had a meeting on March 30, 2013 in Mumbai.
Referring to the call records, it said that in the meeting, Kumar had asked Sandeep to arrange a meeting with Singla and on April 7, 2013, Kumar, Manjunath, Sandeep and Singla met in Delhi.
