India, March 19 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) claimed to have seized cash of around Rs.30.5 lakh during a search conducted at the premises of an assistant commissioner of the Central Goods & Service Tax (CGST & ST) department, who has been arrested by the agency on Friday in a bribery case, along with a department inspector.

Apart from the cash of Rs.30.5 lakh, the agency also recovered property documents that are being scrutinised to verify if they had been acquired with the accused's known sources of income, CBI sources said.

The CBI on Friday arrested assistant commissioner Suhas Bhalerao and inspector S Mohapatra, who were both posted in Navi Mumbai, in an alleged bribery case of Rs.1.5 lakh. The CBI probe revealed th...