Railgate: Court frames charges against Bansal's nephew, others

The court had earlier ordered framing of charges against all the accused, including the then Member (Staff) of Railway Board Mahesh Kumar.

Apart from Kumar and Singla, the court framed charges against Managing Director of Bangalore-based G G Tronics India Pvt Limited N R Manjunath, middlemen Ajay Garg and Sandeep Goyal besides Rahul Yadav, Sameer Sandhir, Sushil Daga, C V Venugopal and M V Murali Krishan.

The matter has now been fixed for August 25 for recording of statements of prosecution witnesses, Vinay Mittal, former Chairman of Railway Board and another official of Ministry of Railways.

CBI had filed a charge sheet on May 2 last year against the 10 accused.

The probe agency had alleged that Singla had demanded Rs 10 crore from Kumar for his appointment to the post of Member (Electrical) and it was decided between the accused that Rs 5 crore will be paid before the appointment and the rest will be paid after the job was done.

It had claimed that first tranche of around Rs 90 lakh was given to Singla who was apprehended while accepting the money.