CBI searches Western Railway official’s residence
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted searches at the residence of a senior official of the Western Railway in Rajkot.
On May 22, the Central agency had registered an FIR against Ved Prakash Srivastava, a divisional engineer with the Western Railway, and his wife Vibha at Jabalpur for allegedly possessing assets disproportionate to their known sources of income.
The anti-corruption wing of the CBI today conducted searches at Srivastava's official residence in Loco Line Colony in Rajkot, an official of the agency said here.
Before being transferred to Rajkot in December 2017, Srivastava, a native of Jabalpur, was posted as executive engineer (construction) in Mumbai.
He
is
accused
of
acquiring
properties
and
movable
assets
worth
Rs
2.16
crore
during
1998
to
2018,
while
his
income
from
legitimate
sources
would
have
been
Rs
1.33
crore.
The
CBI
also
alleged
in
the
FIR
that
Srivastava's
wife,
though
a
housewife,
showed
income
of
Rs
15.78
lakh
from
salary,
house
property
and
other
sources
in
her
Income
Tax
returns.