LUCKNOW, Aug. 1 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested an assistant sanitary inspector of the Cantonment Board, Ayodhya, for allegedly demanding and accepting a Rs.60,000 bribe to facilitate the engagement of contractual housekeeping workers. The accused was caught in a trap on Thursday and remanded to judicial custody until August 13 by a Lucknow court on Friday.

According to the CBI, the case was registered on July 30 after a complaint alleged that the official demanded illegal gratification for recruiting contractual housekeeping workers in the Cantonment Board.

The complainant alleged that he met the official on July 28 to seek the engagement of workers known to him. During the meeting, the accused allegedly demanded ...