Rail Bureau

Contractors were peddling counterfeit packaged drinking water on board trains helped by Railway officials, the Central Bureau of Investigation said today, busting a scandal in which Rs 20 crores in cash was also seized in raids in one day.

Bureau spokesman Sheng Laiyun also defended the accuracy of Chinese data - amid widespread scepticism - saying that the 7 per cent growth pace reported for the first half was "generally in line with" changes in the country's power consumption, rail freight and bank lending in that period.

A Beijing court on Wednesday sentenced a former railway official to death for corruption, but promised a reprieve after two years of good behaviour, state media reported, in the latest graft case to hit China's sprawling rail network.

Contractors were peddling counterfeit packaged drinking water on board trains helped by Railway officials, the Central Bureau of Investigation said today, busting a scandal in which Rs 20 crores in cash was also seized in raids in one day.

Bureau spokesman Sheng Laiyun also defended the accuracy of Chinese data - amid widespread scepticism - saying that the 7 per cent growth pace reported for the first half was "generally in line with" changes in the country's power consumption, rail freight and bank lending in that period.

A Beijing court on Wednesday sentenced a former railway official to death for corruption, but promised a reprieve after two years of good behaviour, state media reported, in the latest graft case to hit China's sprawling rail network.