CBI arrests North Frontier railways officer for graft

New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a railway official in connection with a graft case, officials said.A CBI spokesperson said that Swapnadeep Gogoi, working as SSE (C&W), North Frontier Railway in the Dibrugarh Coach Depot, was arrested for allegedly demanding and accepting a Rs 1 lakh bribe from the complainant.The agency sleuths also carried out searches at the residential and official premises of Gogoi, which led to recovery of some incriminating documents.The CBI has registered a case on a complaint against Gogoi, who worked in NF's Tinsukia Division, on the allegations of demanding a bribe from the complainant for clearing the pending Bills in respect of contract agreement relating to mechanised railway coach cleaning work at the Coach Cleaning Depot.
--IANS aks/vd