Southern Railway engineer sentenced to 2-years RI for graft

A Southern Railway section engineer was today sentenced to two years Rigorous Imprisonment in a corruption case filed by the CBI.

Special Judge for CBI cases here, A Thiruneela Prasad also slapped a fine of Rs 30,000 on the official, a CBI Anti-Corruption Branch release said.

Senior Section Engineer, Southern Railway, Thotta Sivakumar had demanded Rs 15,000 as bribe way back in 2014 from a contractor, according to the prosecution.

The engineer had made the demand to draw some measurement and record it officially so that the contractor could raise a bill and get payment from the railways.

A trap was laid and the official was caught red handed by CBI sleuths while accepting the bribe.

 

A case was registered against Thotta Sivakumar under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act by the CBI's anti-graft wing here.

On completion of trial, the court convicted and sentenced him to undergo a two-year prison term.