Guwahati, Oct 15 (IANS) The CBI has arrested the Executive Director and Regional Officer of the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL), Guwahati, for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 10 lakh from a private individual in exchange for issuing a favourable completion certificate and extension of time for a highway project, officials said on Wednesday.

According to a CBI statement, the arrest followed a trap laid on October 14 after the agency received source-based information about the alleged bribery.

The official was caught red-handed while accepting Rs 10 lakh from a representative of a private company linked to the four-laning project of National Highway-37 between Demow and the end of Moran Bypass in Assam.

The private company had also been invo

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