Rohtak, April 25 -- A team of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials on Wednesday arrested a retired colonel and an ex-servicemen from Charkhi Dadri while accepting a bribe of Rs.22.5 lakhs from the owner of a private multi-specialty clinic owner in neighbouring Rajasthan's Rajgarh town to "sort out" issues with Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS), officials said on Thursday.

Those arrested are retired Lt colonel Amarjit Singh and Mukesh Kumar, a retired army personnel and now a contractual clerk at ECHS polyclinic in Hisar who were claiming to be officials of Regional Centre, ECHS, Hisar.

The clinic owner Dr Rajesh Mehta had come in contact with Amarjit Singh, an ex-in-charge of polyclinic in Rajgarh, after a team ...