The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday, March 16, arrested Mohammed Khalid Moin, a professor at Jamia Millia Islamia University, in a bribery case and seized Rs 30 lakh in cash from his house. Two others were also arrested in connection with the case.

The agency has also detected a suspicious amount of Rs 1,19,78,493 in his bank accounts. Moin is posted in the Department of Civil Engineering in the university while the two others, identified as Prakhar Pawar and Abid Khan, are employees of Vyom Architect, as per a report by IANS.

A senior CBI official said that a case was registered against the accused on the allegations that the professor issued structural stability certificates for projects after taking bribes. The CBI laid a trap and caught the professor and two others while he was receiving a bribe of Rs 1 lakh.

The official said that searches are being conducted at the premises of the accused. "The arrested accused will be produced before the designated court in Delhi," added the official.