CBI arrests senior divisional engineer of NE Railways for taking bribe

New Delhi: The CBI has arrested Satyam Kumar Singh, a senior divisional engineer of the North Eastern Railways, for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs two lakh from a contractor in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi, officials said on Wednesday.

The contractor was awarded a Rs four crore project to lay railway tracks from Thawe to Chhapra by Singh on July 25, they said.

"It was alleged that accused demanded bribe of Rs 2 lakh from the complainant and threatened to obstruct the work and not pass his bills in future unless the bribe amount was paid," a CBI spokesperson said in a statement.

Singh was caught red-handed demanding and accepting bribe of Rs 2 lakh from the contractor, the statement said.