New Delhi, April 16 (IANS): The CBI on Thursday arrested a deputy commissioner of the income tax department for accepting a bribe of Rs.1.5 lakh in lieu of extending undue favours to a steel manufacturing company in tax evasion.

M. Logapathy, a 2008 batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) official, was arrested from his office at C.R. building at ITO in central Delhi by a team of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials.

Acting on a tip-off, CBI arrested Logapathy for accepting the bribe from Hitesh Kumar, an advocate, who was acting as a middleman for the director of CBS Steel Private Limited.

Logapathy's personal attendant Abhishek Kumar, who is serving at his office, was also arrested with Hitesh, on charges of bribery.

"This payment was being made on behalf of the director of CBS Steel Private Limited, Vikash Singla, in lieu of extending undue favours in tax evasion case," said a CBI official.

Singla was also arrested later for availing the benefits by offering a bribe to an income tax officer, said the official.

CBS Steel Pvt Ltd, based at Delhi, is one of the largest importers and processors of flat rolled carbon steel.