New Delhi | The CBI has arrested a senior divisional mechanical engineer of West Central Railway in Madhya Pradesh's Katni for allegedly taking a bribe from a businessman, officials said.

S K Singh, the accused engineer, was booked under corruption charges on a complaint that he demanded a bribe for clearing the complainant's pending bill worth Rs 25.84 lakh for the supply of four Huck Bolt Machines.

It was alleged that Singh had demanded three per cent of bill as bribe which comes to around Rs 69,000 and sought Rs 40,000 as first installment, CBI spokesperson R C Joshi said.

"CBI laid a trap and caught the accused red-handed while accepting the bribe of Rs 40,000 from the complainant. Searches were also conducted at the premises of the accused," he said.