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CBI has arrested two senior Railway officials and a businessman for alleged corruption in supply of packaged drinking water in Rajdhani, Shatabdi and other super fast trains.
CBI sources said, the two Indian Railway Traffic Service officers were taken into custody on Saturday night along with the owner of RK Associates in connection with the scam.
The arrested accused were produced in a Delhi court on Sunday and remanded to one-day police custody.
It is alleged that the two officials, who held the position of the Chief Commercial Manager, had shown favour to some private firms in supply of cheap packaged drinking water other than Rail Neer, which is mandatory in premium trains including Rajdhani and Shatabdi.
CBI said, during the investigation, searches were conducted at various places in Delhi and Noida which led to a recovery of about 28 crore rupees and a large number of incriminating documents.