Commerce ministry official arrested for graft

NEW DELHI - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a senior officer of the commerce and industries ministry for allegedly seeking undue favours from private companies who were flouting anti-dumping rules, an official said Tuesday.

Director (Anti-dumping) R.K. Jain was arrested Monday and has been sent to CBI custody till Friday.

Three cases have been registered against him as searches at 15 places in Delhi, Noida, Mumbai and Jharkhand have yielded “incriminating” documents relating to several bank accounts, bank lockers and investments in real-estate business, CBI spokesperson Harsh Bhal told IANS.