{
  "id": 1782585,
  "title": "CBI Books Railway Official, Navi Mumbai Company Employees For Alleged Bribery In ₹10.9 Crore Bill Clearance Case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/cbi-books-railway-official-navi-mumbai-company-employees-for-alleged",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-18T18:52:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/cbi-books-railway-official-navi-mumbai-company-employees-for-alleged-bribery-in-109-crore-bill-clearance-case"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has charged an Office Superintendent of North Western Railway (NWR) in Jaipur and two employees of a Navi Mumbai-based company for allegedly demanding and accepting bribes in connection with the clearance of ₹10.9 crore worth of bills. The alleged scheme involved the company receiving contracts from NWR for tower erection and optical fibre laying work. Employees of the company submitted bills related to this work to the Office of the Central Signal Telephone Equipment (CSTE) Project in Jaipur for processing. In June 2026, one of the company employees allegedly approached the railway official, asking for a bribe in exchange for favorable processing of the bills. The railway official allegedly promised to process the bills in return for the bribe, which was to be arranged by another colleague through the Mumbai office of the company via the hawala route. In July 2026, the accused submitted bills worth ₹6.20 crore and another ₹4.70 crore related to the same work and demanded early processing from the railway official. The CBI has registered a case under charges of criminal conspiracy, public servant being bribed, obtaining undue advantage by corrupt means, and bribing a public servant by a commercial organization.",
  "summary": "Mumbai: The Central Bureau of the (CBI) has registered an offence against an Office Superintendent of North Western Railway (NWR), Jaipur and two employees of a Navi Mumbai-based company for allegedly indulging in the demand and acceptance of illegal gratification in lieu of favorable processing and passing of bills against Tower Erection and Optical Fibre Laying (OFC), in respect of signal and…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}