connectors from 2009-10 onwards which OP 1 and OP 2 were supplying rather than BLDC fans with Wago connectors which OP 3 used to supply. Therefore, in order to remain in the market, OP 3 contacted the two firms through its concerned staff and requested OP 2 for supply of FRP Connectors in 2012, which they agreed to supply at the rate of Rs. 35. Around 2013, OP 3 discovered another local source for the supply of FRP connectors, who agreed to supply the same connector at a cheaper rate of Rs.14. OP 3, accordingly, started procuring the same from this local supplier from early 2013 onwards. But since it was a small supplier, the supplies were not sufficient to meet the requirement of OP 3 as the demand for the fans had considerably increased from the Zonal Railways by that time. Hence, around the same time, in early 2013, i.e. , around February, 2013, Shri Ramesh Parchani, after finding the difference in the prices of the FRP connectors, confronted Shri Ashish Jain telephonically as to why he was providing the FRP connectors for Rs.35 to OP 3 when the same were available for Rs.14 from a local shop. During this telephonic conversation, Shri Ashish Jain suggested that the three Part I firms should get a ‘die’ i.e. , the machine which could be used for manufacturing FRP connectors. Shri Jain also informed that he could get the said ‘die’ manufactured from a place called Baddi in Himachal Pradesh, which would cost around Rs. 50,000/- and the cost of manufacturing of the ‘die’ could be contributed equally by all the three Part I sources. It was in this context that Shri Ramesh Parchani or his employee Shri Gulshan Kapoor may have called Shri Ashish Jain during the month of February 2013 onwards. However, no contact was made with Shri Sandeep Goyal as Shri Ashish Jain assured to obtain his consent for sharing the cost of the ‘die’ equally. In this connection Rs. 16000/- was to be paid by Shri Ramesh Parchani to Shri Ashish Jain for onward transfer to either Shri Sandeep Goyal or some ‘die’ manufacturer. This fact as stated by him i.e. , Shri Ramesh Parchani in his statement recorded on 18.03.2015 was not considered by the DG.
