New Delhi, Oct. 23 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested an Enforcement Directorate (ED) officer and a head constable for allegedly demanding a Rs.5 lakh bribe from a complainant, the anti-corruption agency said on Friday.

The two officers were identified as enforcement officer Deepak Kumar, and head constable Manoj Dwivedi, both posted at the Lucknow Zonal Office of the ED. Dwivedi was deployed in the agency on deputation from Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and is not an ED's cadre officer.

Both were charged under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

"The CBI registered the case on Friday against the head-constable of the enforcement directorate, Lucknow and unknown officials of the ED, Lucknow based on a complai...