New Delhi, March 31 -- Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court on Tuesday remanded MCD Deputy Commissioner Lt. Col. Abhishek Kumar Mishra, and co-accused Devanshu Gautam to one-day custody of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a bribery case.

Mishra, a Colonel serving on deputation with the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, and Gautam, an administrative officer, were arrested for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 4 lakh from an MCD employee facing departmental proceedings in exchange for favours.

According to the CBI, "The bribe money has been recovered from Gautam after he accepted the same on behalf of Mishra." The agency stated that Gautam later delivered the amount to Mishra's wife, from whose residence the cash was subsequ...