India, June 30 -- The Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) has arrested a suspended executive engineer of the Delhi government's Irrigation and Flood Control (I&FC) Department and a private contractor for allegedly stealing more than Rs.4.6 crore public funds meant for a civic project in Siraspur, north Delhi, police said on Monday.

The accused were identified as Gagan Kureel, the executive engineer under suspension since December 2023, and Arun Gupta, a proprietor of Baba Construction Pvt Ltd.

"The two were arrested after a probe revealed fraudulent disbursal of payments for road and drain works that were never executed," said joint commissioner of police (ACB) Madhur Verma.

The ACB probe began after a tip-off to the I&FC department's vigilan...