Chandigarh, Aug. 17 -- City-based advocate Jatin Salwan has been arrested in a corruption case for allegedly demanding Rs.30 lakh bribe for "securing a favourable order" in a divorce case pending before a Bathinda court.

A Ferozepur resident, Harsimranjit Singh, had approached the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), alleging that Salwan was demanding Rs.30 lakh to manipulate the outcome of his cousin, Sandeep Kaur's divorce case. The advocate had allegedly claimed that he could exert influence over the judicial officer posted in Bathinda.

The CBI team, while going through the recorded telephonic conversations between the complainant and Salwan, found that the advocate had clearly demanded the bribe. In one of the recordings, Salwan w...