Its not a usuall thing to make a hundreds of crores in a government service in around a time span of 10 years but such a case has came out today when CBI (Central Bureau Of Investigation) disclosed the Rail Neer Scandal on Shyam Bihari Agrawal who collaborated a property of more than 500 Crores in just a decade which is clearly a proof if his corruption in the department.
Rail Neer Contractor Made Rs 500 Crore In 10 Years
According to the sources such a fortune was achieved by Shyam when he initiated small projects of catering in Railway with the help of some senior politicians and bureaucrats. After that he tend to move to higher contracts of catering with the help of two former railway ministers.
On Friday after a raid on his home CBI recovered 27 cr. Of cash and documents of his compnay R.K. Associates and Hotelier though which he holds almost 70% of the pantry car business in Indian Railways.
The website of his company, R K Associates & Hoteliers Pvt. Ltd. Which was addressed with Sahi hospital road, Jangpura Bhogal Delhi it was stated that “we are the major player in railway catering for the past two decades. We are providing the complete range of catering services for approximately 150 trains like Rajdhani Express, Shatabdi Express and mail/ Express trains Through our state of art network of various base kitchens cum kiosks spread over all directions in the country and running in the name and style of ‘Meals on Wheels’.
When TOI contacted to his office an employee replied Agrawal is not available for comments. According to the information it was revealed that Agrawal posses some more companies out of which four were named in FIR in CBI.
It was said by an official that “Whenever there is a tender in railways for catering, he opens a new company with different set of Directors. Through his contacts, he gets the contract,”.
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