Bribery case: Congress Core Group to meet at PM's residence

NEW DELHI: Hit by another controversy, top Congress leaders are meeting here this evening to deliberate on the fallout of the arrest of Railway Minister P K Bansal's nephew in a bribery case.

The Congress Core Group, chaired by party chief Sonia Gandhi, is scheduled to meet at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence at 4:30 PM.

Besides Gandhi and Singh, senior leaders Ahmad Patel, A K Antony, Sushilkumar Shinde and P Chidambaram are members of the Congress Core Group.

Bansal's nephew V Singla was yesterday arrested by CBI, which also held a Member of the Railway Board in connection with alleged bribery of Rs 90 lakh for fixing a top-level position in the government.

Kumar was arrested in Mumbai by a CBI team soon after he had flown in from Delhi. CBI has registered a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act and the IPC against him.