New Delhi, June 20 -- A former head of the Central Procurement Agency (CPA) under Delhi's Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) was arrested on Thursday in connection with alleged irregularities in the procurement of medicines, medical equipment and consumables worth hundreds of crores, the Delhi Police's Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) said on Friday.

Dr Vinod Kumar Ranga, the former head of office (HOO) of CPA, was produced before a city court on Friday and remanded to four days of police custody, officials said. The ACB had registered a first information report (FIR) in the case on June 2 under provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act and criminal conspiracy charges under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

The arrest comes...