New Delhi, March 23 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested three accused, including the Chief Engineer and Executive Engineer of the Public Works Department (PWD), Government of Puducherry, along with a private contractor associated with PWD, immediately after the exchange of a partial bribe amount of Rs 2 lakh, the agency said in a release on Sunday.

An amount of Rs 73 lakh in cash was recovered during searches, it said.

On Saturday, CBI registered a case against the accused and unknown others based on allegations that the Executive Engineer, under whose jurisdiction the contractor had undertaken road contract works in the Public Works Department, Karaikal, demanded a bribe of Rs 6 lakh.

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