<p>New Delhi: The CBI has arrested a joint director of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 70,000 from a private firm's representative in Hyderabad, officials said on Sunday.</p>.<p>Ramakanth Sagar Muthyala, a Scientist-D with the BIS posted in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, was arrested along with V Lakshminarayana Reddy alias Babu Reddy, a representative of Kronax Engineering and Pressure Vessels Private Limited, after the alleged bribe was exchanged, they said.</p>.Ballia woman death: Two arrested; family rejects police claim of suicide, demands CBI probe.<p>It is alleged that the bribe was paid for giving a BIS approval to the company to manufacture 12,500 cylinders.</p>.<p>"Searches were conducted by CBI at the residential and official premises of accused public servant at Hyderabad and Vijayawada, which led to recovery of incriminating documents," a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) spokesperson said in a statement.</p>
<p>New Delhi: The CBI has arrested a joint director of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 70,000 from a private firm's representative in Hyderabad, officials said on Sunday.</p>.<p>Ramakanth Sagar Muthyala, a Scientist-D with the BIS posted in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, was arrested along with V Lakshminarayana Reddy alias Babu Reddy, a representative of Kronax Engineering and Pressure Vessels Private Limited, after the alleged bribe was exchanged, they said.</p>.Ballia woman death: Two arrested; family rejects police claim of suicide, demands CBI probe.<p>It is alleged that the bribe was paid for giving a BIS approval to the company to manufacture 12,500 cylinders.</p>.<p>"Searches were conducted by CBI at the residential and official premises of accused public servant at Hyderabad and Vijayawada, which led to recovery of incriminating documents," a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) spokesperson said in a statement.</p>