India, March 6 -- Officials of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) in Nagpur and Madhya Pradesh have allegedly taken bribes worth Rs.48.5 lakh from a Bhopal-based construction firm in the past one month, a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has revealed. The central agency has arrested eight persons in the case till now, including four NHAI officials, said sources.

Based on source information, the CBI on Sunday registered a case against 11 named accused, including four senior NHAI officials, the Bhopal-based construction firm, and two directors and four employees of the firm. They were booked for criminal conspiracy, abetment, demanding and obtaining undue advantage from a public servant, and bribing a public ...