Pawan Kumar Bansal's nephew Vijay Singla remanded to CBI custody

NEW DELHI: Vijay Singla, nephew of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, was today remanded in CBI custody for four days by a Delhi court in connection with a bribery case.

Besides Singla, three others Sandip Goyal, Dharmendra Kumar and Vivek Kumar were also remanded by Special CBI Judge Swarana Kanta Sharma till May 8 for custodial interrogation by the agency.

"Considering the nature of the crime, custodial interrogation is essential to not only find out the source of the bribe amount but also the actual beneficiaries and conspirators other than those named in the FIR.

"I, therefore, grant police custody remand for four days," the judge said.

All the four accused were arrested by CBI which had yesterday registered a case against Mahesh Kumar, a Member (staff) of Railway Board, and seven other persons for offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act and for criminal conspiracy under the IPC for bribery to get a lucrative post.

During the arguments, CBI told the court that Mahesh Kumar is the main accused in the case and he has been arrested in Mumbai.

It said Narain Rao Manjunath, Managing Director of GG Tronics India Pvt Ltd, was in regular touch with Mahesh Kumar who was trying to get himself appointed to a more lucrative post of in Railway Board as Member (Electrical).

Regarding the conspiracy, the agency said the deal was struck at Rs 10 crore to get Mahesh Kumar appointed as Member (Electrical) and a part payment of Rs 90 lakhs, which was allegedly managed by accused Vivek Kumar, was made out.