Scrap material worth crores illegally sold to scrap dealer in Bihar’s Samastipur

Two Railway Protection Force (RPF) personnel have been suspended after a case of fraudulent scrap over a missing railway line came to fore in Bihar's Samastipur railway division. 

According to information, railway scrap worth crores was sold to a scrap dealer with the connivance of RPF personnel. Divisional Railway Director, Samastipur Railway Division, Ashok Agarwal said, "A departmental-level commission of inquiry has been formed to investigate. Two employees have been suspended with immediate effect, including Srinivas of the Railway Division, who is in-charge of the Jhanjharpur RPF, and Jamadar Mukesh Kumar Singh of Madhubani for not informing the department about the case in time”.

DRM Aggarwal further added, "It has been reported that the scrap railway line was sold to a scrap dealer with the consent of the RPF without auctioning it. There seems to be an uproar in the railway department over this issue."

A railway track was laid from Pandaul station of Samastipur railway division to Lohat Sugar Mill, which was closed for a long time. The entire matter is being investigated by the Darbhanga RPF Post and Railway Vigilance team.