The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a principal chief mechanical engineer of Central Railways in Mumbai for allegedly receiving a Rs one lakh bribe for clearing bills of a Kolkata-based private company.

According to CBI, a case was registered against Ashok Kumar Gupta, Principal Chief Mechanical Engineer, Central Railway, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT), Mumbai; Kolkata-based private company and its Partner and other unknown public servants/private persons. It was alleged that the bills of Kolkata based private company were pending with the Mechanical Department of Central Railway. The Principal Chief Mechanical Engineer (PCME), Central Railway, Mumbai was the overall in-charge of the Mechanical Department of Central Railways and all tenders and work contracts related to the mechanical department of Central Railway were allegedly under his purview.