The accused official Vinod Kumar Asol was arrested while allegedly accepting the bribe money from a Director (Project) of the Visakhapatnam-based infrastructure company here, CBI said, adding the private company official had also been arrested.
Asol was posted as Superintendent Engineer of CPWD in Manipur's capital Imphal.
According to the CBI, the CPWD official had demanded a bribe of Rs 50 lakh from the company for clearing the bills, release of mobilization advance and payment for the construction and work of a multi-purpose building worth Rs 210 crores in National Information Technology, Imphal (Manipur).
Immediately after the arrests, searches were conducted at eight places in Delhi, Gurgaon, Ghaziabad, Dehradun, Lucknow, Imphal and Visakhapatnam during which the CBI claimed to have seized a cash of Rs 19 lakh from a guest house in Gurgaon where the Director (Project) was staying.
The duo will be produced in the court tomorrow.