In a money laundering case related to the Railway Board bribery case involving Vijay Singla, former Railways Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal’s nephew, the Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached an amount of ₹89.68 lacs under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA).
The ED initiated an investigation under the provisions of PMLA on the basis of an FIR and charge sheet filed by the CBI under Section 120B of IPC read with Section 7, 8 and 12 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 before Ld. Special judge (SPE/CBI cases) Patiala House Court, New Delhi, against Mahesh Kumar, Member (Staff), Railway Board, Vijay Singla, Sandeep Goyal and seven other accused.
The investigation by CBI revealed that Mahesh Kumar, a 1975 batch officer of Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers (IRSSE), was posted as General Manager, Western Railways, and wanted to be appointed as Member (Electrical), Railway Board instead of Member (Staff).
For this, he was in touch with N Manjunath, who was further in touch with Sandeep Goyal, a friend of Vijay Singla and nephew of Bansal.
Vijay Singla demanded ₹10 crore through Sandeep Goyal from N Manjunath to get Mahesh Kumar posted as Member (Electrical). While delivering a token amount to Vijay Singla and Sandeep Goyal, the CBI team raided the premises of office of Vijay Singla at Sector 28, Chandigarh and recovered ₹89,68,000.
During the relevant time Pawan Kumar Bansal was the Railway Minister and his nephew Vijay Singla was caught red handed while accepting a bribe of ₹ 89,68,000.
Further investigation in this case is under progress.