India, March 31 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday arrested the deputy commissioner and an administrative officer of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for allegedly demanding Rs.4 lakh bribe while looking into complaints against the two suspended employees.

Accused deputy commissioner colonel Abhishek Kumar Mishra and administrative officer Devanshu Gautam are both posted at MCD's Shahdara north zone.

Mishra -- working on deputation -- is the inquiry officer in complaints against two suspended MCD employees. Officials said that the employees had approached the CBI, claiming that Gautam demanded Rs.4 lakh bribe on behalf of Mishra in return for favouring them in the inquiry report.

"It was alleged that the ac...