India, April 20 -- The CBI has arrested DGCA official Mudavath Devula and Reliance Industries' top official Bharat Mathur in a Rs 2.5 lakh bribery case to facilitate the import of drones for another private company, officials said Sunday. Devula is a Deputy Director General at the Airworthiness Directorate, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Headquarters, New Delhi and Mathur is handling Regulatory and Corporate Affairs of Reliance Industries.

Both was arrested by CBI on Saturday, red-handed with a bribe amount. The accused DGCA public servant allegedly demanded undue advantage from private persons in lieu of issuing approvals and permissions for applications pending with DGCA for a private aerospace company, a CBI spokesperso...