In a late-night trap operation, the agency arrested Deputy Director, Environment Ministry, Neeraj Kumar when he was allegedly taking the bribe from Chinmoya Sri Chandan of SS Environics Pvt Ltd who was acting as a middleman on behalf of a cement company whose mining project was coming up before the screening committee tomorrow, CBI sources said.
They said that based on information, the agency laid trap at a place Mehrauli from where Kumar was arrested with the middleman.
The sources said SS Environics Pvt Ltd was allegedly acting on behalf of four companies which had interest in mining and whose cases were coming up before the screening committee, headed by a Joint Secretary level officer, tomorrow.