PATNA, Jan. 24 -- Sleuths of the central bureau of investigation (CBI) unearthed a bribery network linked to railway construction projects, arrested four officials of a private construction company and seized Rs.45 lakh in cash. The probe agency registered an FIR against the eleven accused, including Anil Kumar, chief engineer (construction) of the East Central Railway.

The arrested were identified as Anup Singh, Managing Director of HG Infra Engineering Limited, Assistant General Manager Gaurav Kushwaha, accountant Akash Patra, and Dheeraj Virmani. All four were produced before the special CBI court in Patna, where the special judge sent them to seven days of judicial remand. A CBI official familiar with the matter said that the agency ...