New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Sunday arrested a senior DGCA official and a representative of a private company in a bribery case worth Rs 2.5 lakh.According to an official statement, the officer was the Deputy Director General in the Directorate of Airworthiness at the Directorate General of Civil Aviation headquarters in New Delhi.“The CBI has registered an instant case on 18.04.2026 against an officer of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) as well as a representative of a private company based in New Delhi alleging that the accused public servant of the DGCA had demanded undue favors from private persons in return for clearance of applications and issuance of permissions pending with the DGCA,” the investigating agency said.Later, the central agency also searched premises belonging to the accused and other private persons at four locations.

“Consequently, searches were conducted by CBI at the premises of the accused public servant and other private persons at 04 locations in Delhi, resulting in seizure of cash, gold and silver coins and several digital devices worth Rs 37 lakh,” the statement said.According to the statement, the searches resulted in the seizure of Rs 37 lakh in cash, gold and silver coins and several digital devices.