Ghaziabad, March 23: A significant ruling was issued by a CBI court in Ghaziabad on Monday, convicting Rafi Ahmed, the former Chief Yard Master of Agra Cantt Railway Station, in a bribery case. He has been sentenced to four years in prison and fined ₹10,000.
According to a press release from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the case was registered on July 4, 2015. Rafi Ahmed was accused of demanding an illegal bribe of ₹30,000 from a contractor. This bribe was sought in exchange for reducing a penalty imposed on the contractor for failing to satisfactorily load and unload items at the train guards’ line box.
Following a complaint, the CBI set up a trap and caught the accused red-handed while he was accepting the first installment of the bribe, which amounted to ₹5,000. After completing the investigation, the CBI filed a charge sheet against him on November 24, 2015. Based on extensive hearings and evidence, the court found him guilty and imposed a four-year sentence.
In a related development, a special CBI court recently convicted eight officials in a ₹55 lakh Public Works Department (PWD) scam from 2003, sentencing them to two years of rigorous imprisonment and imposing a total fine of ₹2.85 lakh. The court in Dehradun found former officials Deepak Kumar Verma (LDC), Madan Pal (Mate), Mani Ram (Beldar), Surendra Kumar Kaushik (Driver), Qasim (retired Beldar), Sukhalal Singh (UDC), Chhatar Singh (Roller Driver), and Palu Das (Assistant Treasury Officer, Haridwar) guilty, each receiving two years of rigorous imprisonment along with fines.
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