A special CBI court in Mumbai has sentenced a Central Railway official to four years' rigorous imprisonment for seeking bribe for grant of pension. Judge P K Sharma held the accused, Mukundan Raman, guilty under the Prevention Of Corruption Act last Saturday.

The court also imposed a fine of Rs 2,000 on him. According to the CBI, Raman, who worked as accounts officer, demanded bribe from a person whose elder brother worked with the Central Railway.