Alok Mishra
Gopalganj: A CBI team reached Gopalganj to investigate into the irregularities that took place in Aman ( Gauge) Parivartan Yojana on Thawe-Chhapra rail section. The officers of CBI visited several placeseen Thawe and Chhapra.
They also conducted raid at the office of a contractor engaged in the works and also checked his several offices right from Sidhwaliya to Chhapra, the district headquarters of Saran district.
The CBI team led by a SP rank officer also took photographs of the construction works. Sources said that the CBI officials are also probing into the alleged irregularities including use of sub-standard materials in the work.It may be mentioned here that CBI team had earlier also carried out raids here and studied some of the files related to the construction works.
The CBI officials had also visited the house of a deputy chief engineer at around 10 am. The team also reached the
house of another deputy chief engineer and inquired from him several aspects of the work. They also visited his office and studied some of the files there.
Earlier, Vigilance team of Indian Railways had also investigated the matter related to irregularities. It was the Vigilance team that had exposed the facts related to use sub-standard materials. The CBI team had also looked into the report of the Vigilance team.