India, March 11 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a senior officer of the Central Railway (CR) for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs.10 lakh from a person associated with a private firm, towards the irregular award of a tender worth Rs.40.54 crore to the firm.

The accused, chief electrical distribution engineer Ramesh Kumar Chauve, was arrested on Monday. The CBI subsequently recovered cash and valuables worth Rs.1.47 crore from his residential and official premises, while two other accused linked to the private firm, Anshul Varma and Kanay Varma, were arrested on Tuesday, investigators said.

The case pertains to alleged irregularities in awarding a tender worth Rs.40.54 crore to the private firm. ...