Pawan Bansal resigned as Railway Minister on 10 May 2013 after the CBI arrested his nephew over an alleged bribe for a Railway Board post. The CBI did not char…
Chandigarh MP Pawan Kumar Bansal became Railway Minister, the first from the Congress in about 17 years.
Mahesh Kumar, GM of Western Railway, was made Member (Staff). The CBI says he wanted Member (Electrical).
Rs 5 crore before, the rest after.
The CBI arrested Bansal's nephew Vijay Singla after Rs 89.68 lakh was allegedly delivered to him.
Bansal met the PM and distanced himself from his nephew. The opposition demanded he be sacked.
The session ended two days early amid protests. The Congress won Karnataka the same day.
Bansal quit, denying wrongdoing. Law Minister Ashwani Kumar resigned the same night over a separate issue.
Arrest to exit, May 2013.
The CBI chargesheeted Singla, Kumar and eight others. Bansal was listed as a prosecution witness.
Who the CBI charged.
Conspiracy and corruption charges were framed against all ten. They pleaded not guilty.
Bansal testified that his nephew never spoke to him about Kumar's appointment to any post.
A political exit, not a charge.
The ED attached the Rs 89.68 lakh as proceeds of crime in a money-laundering case.
The ED filed a complaint against ten people and a company, alleging the bribe was layered through firms.
How each strand moved.
We found no reported final verdict in the CBI case. Bansal was never charged.
The legal path, 2013 to 2020.
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