India, Feb. 7 -- The CBI has arrested two Military Engineering Services (MES) officers in Pune in an alleged Rs.2 lakh bribery case, involving the demand of bribe for clearing payments due to a private contractor firm executing MES contracts.

Searches conducted at the residential and office premises of the accused persons by the CBI led to the recovery of documents and unexplained cash of Rs.1, 88,500, subsequently. The CBI arrested the two accused officers ---Sunil Nikam, assistant garrison engineer, MES, Khadki, Pune and Suresh Mhaske, junior engineer, MES, Khadki, Pune --- on Thursday.

In a trap proceeding, the CBI first caught the accused junior engineer while allegedly accepting the bribe of Rs.2 lakh from the complainant, who hold...