India, May 12 -- Clearing the air over recent raids on the Punjab Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau headquarters in Mohali, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of three individuals in connection with a Rs.20-lakh bribery case involving the state's top anti-graft agency.

The CBI identified inspector OP Rana, the reader to chief director, Vigilance Bureau, and special DGP Sharad Satya Chauhan, as the central figure behind an extortion racket that allegedly leveraged his proximity to the bureau's top brass.

The case was initiated following a complaint by a Punjab state tax officer, who alleged that middlemen Vikas, alias Vicky, Goyal and his son, Raghav Goyal, demanded the bribe to quash a complaint...