The Railway Vigilance Department has trapped a Railway employee, K S Aditya, a Trainee Fitter in the office of Senior Section Engineer, Water works at Lallaguda at Secunderabad, for allegedly accepting a bribe Rs.20, 000 from a person Linga Swamy by promising employment in Railways”.
Further investigation revealed that the employee has already received Rs 2 lakh from Linga Swamy in several installments earlier. While he was demanding a further amount of Rs.50,000 this time and accepting Rs.20,000, the employee was trapped by Vigilance Department.
During further proceedings by Vigilance Department it could be elicited that Aditya already took similar amounts from few more persons promising Railway jobs. Railway Vigilance Department is doing further investigation on this matter.
The South Central Railway has requested the general public not to fall prey to any such individuals who promise to get Railway jobs by illegal means and paying bribes. It is to be observed that earlier the SCR has given notifications at the time of major recruitments drives cautioning public not to indulge in illegal methods for securing jobs in Railways. (INN)