New Delhi, April 20 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a Deputy Director General at the Airworthiness Directorate of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), along with a representative of a private company, in a bribery case involving Rs 2.5 lakh.

According to a CBI statement on Sunday, the agency caught the accused and recovered the entire bribe amount.

The CBI said it registered the "instant case" on April 18 against the DGCA official and the private company representative based in New Delhi.

The case, as per the CBI statement, was filed on allegations that the public servant demanded an "undue advantage" from private persons in exchange for issuing approvals and permissions for applications pending w...