The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday arrested a Regional Labour Commissioner (Central) Madurai and a private person in an alleged bribery case of Rs 30,000.
A case was registered against the Regional Labour Commissioner (Central), Madurai,
P Sivarajan and private person N Murali, resident of Triplicane, Chennai.
The duo was arrested on the allegations that the said public servant was demanding undue advantage from the private person, representing a private company for issuing labour licence.
The CBI laid a trap and both the accused were intercepted while exchanging the undue advantage/bribe amount of Rs 30,000.
Searches were conducted at five places in Chennai and Madurai (Tamil Nadu), the CBI said in a statement here.
Both the accused were produced in the court of Principal Special Judge for CBI Cases, Chennai and remanded to judicial custody till February 4, it added.