Bhubaneswar, Feb. 2 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday arrested a professor of the Sambalpur University along with nine other prominent academicians across the country for allegedly bribing National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) inspection committee members to secure an A++ accreditation for a leading educational institution in Andhra Pradesh.

As part of the operation, the CBI sealed the residence of the accused professor, Bulu Maharana, at Jyoti Vihar in Sambalpur.

Among those arrested are the chairman and six members of a NAAC inspection committee, including a professor from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), according to media reports.

The CBI registered a case and conducted searches across multip...