Major railroad bribery revelations build as national scandal forces India minister quit government

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India rail minister quits in cash-for-job scandal

AFP – India’s railways minister resigned on Friday following accusations his nephew took $160,000 in a bribe from an official in return for a plum post in the state-run network. The exit of Railways Minister Pawan Bansal came as the future of the country’s law minister, Ashwani Kumar, hung in the balance.