CBI arrests Chandigarh civic official in Rs 5 lakh bribe case

Chandigarh, Oct 8 (UNI) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a sanitary inspector of the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 5 lakh from a contractor after demanding Rs 14 lakh to clear pending and future bills, the federal investigating agency said on Thursday. The accused allegedly threatened to withhold payments and have the contractor's firm's tender cancelled if the bribe was not paid, according to a CBI statement. The agency registered a case against the municipal corporation official on October 7 following allegations that he had demanded illegal gratification for processing and clearing…