Mumbai, June 6 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a junior engineer for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs. 4.5 lakh from a complainant in Mumbai, the agency said.

A case was registered on Thursday (June 5) against the said accused on the basis of written complaint that the accused demanded bribe of Rs. 5.5 Lakh from the complainant for clearing the pending bills of his firm and after negotiation finally he agreed to accept Rs. 4,50,000/-, the CBI said in a release.

According to the release, the CBI laid a trap and caught the accused red-handed on Thursday while accepting bribe of Rs. 4.5 lakh. He was arrested and produced before the Special Judge, Mumbai, on Friday, it said.

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