New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS): The CBI has arrested an assistant director of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 for favouring a man.
A senior CBI official on Friday said that a case was registered against Pankaj Kumar, the Assistant Director, DDA, Laxmi Nagar-II, on the charges of demanding a bribe of Rs 50,000 from the complainant to clear the file related to the issuance of a conveyance deed of property in the name of his wife.
The accused agreed to accept a bribe of Rs 30,000 after negotiations, the probe agency added.
The agency laid a trap and caught the accused red-handed.
The official said that searches were conducted at three locations on the premises of the accused.
The accused will be produced in the competent court in Delhi.