India, June 29 -- A former director-general of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) and the deputy controller of accounts (DCA) of the Central Procurement Agency (CPA) were arrested on Saturday in connection with alleged irregularities in the procurement of medicines, medical equipment and consumables, an anti-corruption branch (ACB) officer said on Sunday.

Both accused were produced before a city court on Saturday, which remanded them to one day of police custody, the officer said.

With the arrest of the former director-general, Dr Vatsala Agarwal and Neeraj Chopra, the deputy CPA, the total number of arrests in the alleged corruption and criminal conspiracy case has reached three.

On June 18, Dr Vinod Kumar Ranga, the fo...