India, Oct. 23 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday arrested two officials of the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) Lucknow Zone after they were allegedly caught demanding and accepting a Rs 5 lakh bribe from the father of a person under ED investigation.

The arrested officials are Enforcement Officer Deepak Kumar and Head Constable Manoj Dwivedi, both posted at the ED's Lucknow office. The CBI said it registered a case that day following a complaint that Dwivedi had demanded illegal gratification from the complainant's father in exchange for assisting him in an ongoing ED case. The father had received two summonses from the ED's Lucknow Zone in August and September 2026.

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