New Delhi, April 19 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) recently arrested a Deputy Director General of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation's (DGCA) Airworthiness Directorate arm, along with the senior vice president of a major corporate group in connection with a Rs.2.5-lakh bribery case to facilitate the import of drones for another private company, the central agency said in a press note on Sunday.

Citing officials, PTI reported that in an operation on Saturday, the CBI arrested M Devula, Deputy Director General at the Airworthiness Directorate, DGCA, and Bharat Mathur, who is also associated with an aerospace company involved in drone technology- Asteria Aerospace Ltd.

Devula, Mathur, and Asteria Aerospace have been bo...