New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested an officer of the Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineers (IRSME), working as Senior Divisional Mechanical Engineer (DME), South East Central Railway (SECR), Bhilai, in a bribery case.

The CBI registered the instant case on August 13 against the said accused on allegations that the accused Sr. DME, SECR, Bhilai, demanded an undue advantage of Rs. 2 Lakh from the complainant for clearing his pending bills. After negotiation, the accused agreed to accept a bribe of Rs. One Lakh from the complainant.

The CBI laid a trap on August 3 and caught the accused, Senior DME, SECR, Bhilai, for accepting an undue advantage of Rs. 50,000, as part payment of the demand...