The CBI arrested a Deputy Controller of Accounts and Internal Financial Advisor (IFA) in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in New Delhi for bribery. The agency filed the case on August 18 after a report saying that the accused official, a 2020 ICAS officer, requested Rs 15 lakh to expedite a renewal filing for a private company's contract.

After talks, the officer allegedly accepted Rs 10 lakh to fast-track the file.

The CBI's August 18 trap captured the public servant collecting the bribe through his wife. They caught the suspect.

Case inquiry continues.

Three Punjab Vigilance Bureau-related CBI bribery suspects arrested

Central Bureau of Investigation detained three people in a Rs 20 lakh bribery scam involving Punjab Vigilance Bureau personnel. A search is ongoing for DGP Vigilance Punjab Reader O.P. Rana, another suspect.

The arrests followed a Punjab State Tax Officer's report that the accused requested illicit compensation to close a case against him with the Director General Vigilance, Punjab. The CBI claimed that two Malout residents in Muktsar district were conduits for high Vigilance officers, including the Reader to the DGP Vigilance. They allegedly promised to fix the situation following the bribe.

In a suspected corruption nexus, the CBI is also investigating others.