CBI busts fake bottled water racket operating in trains
Reports said a total amount of Rs. 20 crore was recovered during searches at 13 locations against two former Norther Railways officials and seven private companies on Saturday in Delhi and Noida.
A case has been registered against former Chief Commercial Managers of Northern Railways MS Chalia and Sandeep Silas.
Silas has also served as the private secretary of two former two Union minister Oscar Fernandes and Ambika Soni.
The accused officials had allegedly favoured certain private companies in supplying cheap packaged drinking water other than mandatory Rail Neer brand on trains including Rajdhani and Shatabdi Express.
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