India, July 29 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday arrested a Central Railway engineer in Nashik for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs.15,000 from a private supplier.

The accused, Vijay Chaudhary, serves as a senior section engineer (quality check) at the railway's traction machine workshop in Nashik. According to CBI officials, Chaudhary had sought a bribe from the complainant-proprietor of a private firm-in exchange for clearing the quality check report of wooden packaging wedges supplied by the firm to the railways under a purchase order.

Following a complaint from the supplier, the CBI registered a case and laid a trap. Chaudhary was allegedly caught red-handed while accepting the bribe and was immed...