After the marriage loan fraud by Western Railway employees, its vigilance department has now stumbled upon a proxy racket. A few senior officials, in-charge of the track maintenance work on WR, are marking attendance for their workers while they are on long vacations. They are putting the lives of thousands of passengers at risk for a bribe of Rs 500 a day, according to the officers.

During the inquiry, the vigilance department caught four employees--Manjay Kumar, Munna Kumar, Ranjeet Kumar and Ramdhir Kumar--whose attendance was being marked while they were in their respective native place for 15-20 days. Sources told mid-day that senior officials, who were running this racket, took a bribe of Rs 500 from each worker daily.