Guwahati, June 12 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has announced the arrest of a senior professor from the North Eastern Hill University (NEHU) in Shillong, Meghalaya, and a Guwahati-based vendor on charges of bribery.

The arrests are linked to alleged corruption in the supply of laboratory equipment to the crisis-ridden university.

According to a statement issued by the CBI, N. Saha, a professor in NEHU's Zoology department and Dean of the School of Life Sciences, along with vendor Pranjal Sharma, were apprehended during a bribe transaction of Rs 3.43 lakh.

The arrests took place during a meticulously planned CBI trap operation at the Gauhati University guest house on June 10, 2025.

The central agency confirmed that both ...