Silchar, June 14 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday arrested Senior Section Engineer (SSE), Carriage and Wagon, Northeast Frontier Railway, Silchar, Assam, in an alleged bribery case.

According to an official release, the CBI said that the accused demanded Rs 20,000 from the complainant-contractor for clearing a pending bill of Rs 20 lakh. The CBI, after registering an "instant case" on June 13, laid a trap and caught the accused red-handed accepting the bribe.

The CBI will be producing the accused before the Competent Court in Guwahati later today. Meanwhile, searches at the residential premises of the accused are underway.

"The CBI registered the instant case on 13.06.2026 against the said accused. It was alleged ...