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New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against three senior officers of Western Railways including a senior Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS) officer over allegations of corrupt practices in railway departmental examinations.
The accused named in the FIR have been identified as Ankush Wasan, Divisional Personnel Officer (IRPS: 2018) Westerm Railway, Vadodara; Sanjay Kumar Tiwari, Dy. Chief Commercial Manager, Church gate, Western Railways, Mumbai; Neeraj Sinha, Dy. Station Superintendent and Mukesh Meena, Private Person.
FIR Description
The FIR into the matter reads that on Feb 13 Ankush Wasan directed Sanjay Kumar Tiwari to compile a list of at least ten candidates who would be willing to pay bribes for selection in an upcoming Limited Department Examination to be organized by Western Railway.
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Wasan also instructed Tiwari to contact Mukesh Meena to gain idea of how many such candidates were available and to collect bribes from them. Mukesh Meena informed that he has already collected bribes from five such candidates.
It has been further learnt that on February 17, following a meeting between Ankush Wasan and Sanjay Tiwari at the latter's residence, Tiwari contacted Rajendra Ladla, proprietor, Dhanraj Jewellers, Alkapuri, Vadodara.
Tiwari enquired if it would be possible for one of his friends to purchase around 400 grams of gold in lieu of cash, without generating any invoice. Rajendra Ladla assured him that a transaction of such a nature would indeed be possible.
It has been further learnt that on Feb 18, Sanjay Tiwari met Mukesh Meena in Anand, Gujarat and collected cash from him as motive to fraudulently arrange the selection of five candidates whom Mukesh Meena was representing.
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The raid was conducted in the matter at the office and resident of the accused persons.
About Western Railway
The Western Railway (WR) is a zone of the Indian Railways that serves Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh. It was formed in 1951 by merging several state-owned railways.
Western Railway comprises divisions centred on Mumbai Central, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Bhavnagar, Rajkot and Ratlam (Madhya Pradesh). The network serves 632 stations mainly in the state of Gujarat, but also western parts of Madhya Pradesh and on two lines into Maharashtra.