India, July 24 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a senior executive of the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) and a director of a Kolkata-based hospitality firm for allegedly demanding and accepting bribes worth Rs.3.98 lakh to secure the clearance of bills linked to onboard catering services on Tejas trains.

The accused, IRCTC executive Tridib Banerjee and firm director Amar Thakkar, were arrested on Wednesday after the agency registered an FIR against them a day earlier based on source information.

According to the FIR, Banerjee demanded and accepted Rs.3.98 lakh in two instalments for clearing the firm's bills, of which Rs.1.98 lakh was paid for a bill cleared in April and Rs.2 lakh for an...