A special court in New Delhi has ordered the framing of charges against former Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's nephew Vijay Singla and then Member (Staff) of Railway Board Mahesh Kumar.

Bansal, who had to resign from his post after the case had come to light, has been arrayed as a prosecution witness by the CBI.

CBI had filed a charge sheet on May 2 last year against 10 accused -- Kumar, Singla, Managing Director of Bangalore-based G G Tronics India Pvt Limited N R Manjunath, middlemen Ajay Garg and Sandeep Goyal, Rahul Yadav, Sameer Sandhir, Sushil Daga, C V Venugopal and M V Murali Krishan.

The probe agency had alleged that Singla had demanded Rs 10 crore from Kumar for his appointment to the post of Member (Electrical) and it was decided between the accused that Rs 5 crore will be paid before the appointment and the rest will be paid after the job was done.

It had claimed that first tranche of around Rs 90 lakh was given to Singla who was apprehended while accepting the money.