New Delhi, July 19 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday arrested a man for allegedly impersonating an official of the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying at Krishi Bhawan in the national capital and demanding bribes from applicants seeking loans under the Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF).

According to the CBI, the case was registered by its Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB), Dehradun, on June 29. The accused allegedly posed as an official of the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying and demanded a bribe of Rs 45,000, equivalent to two per cent of a loan amount of Rs 22.5 lakh, from a complainant running a poultry farm in Village Lalpur, Tehsil Kashipur, Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand. Th...