Hyderabad: The CBI officials arrested three persons at the official residence of TRS MP Maloth Kavitha, on Thursday in New Delhi. According to the CBI sources the arrested three persons Rajib Bhattacharya, Shubanghi Gupta and Durgesh Kumar claimed to be Personal Assistants of the MP.

They were caught red – handedly while taking the bribe of Rs 1 lakh from a person for doing some official favours. Manmeet Singh Lamba, a resident of the New Gupta Colony in New Delhi lodged a complaint with CBI, Lamba in his complaint said that he received a call from Bhattacharya, who introduced himself as the PA of Maloth Kavitha, and threatened to demolish his building in the Sardar Nagar area.

Bhattacharya warned that the officials of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) would demolish the building unless Lamba pays an amount of Rs 5 lakh. He also claimed that he has contacts in the MCD and if the amount is paid, he will ensure the building is not demolished. Later, Bhattacharya introduced Shubangi Gupta and Durgesh Kumar as PAs of Maloth Kavita and said that they would help Lamba.

The three accused had negotiations with Lamba and later finalized the bribe amount of Rs 1 lakh. When Lamba went to Kavitha’s official residence at 401, Saraswathi Apartments of BD Marg in New Delhi, the CBI officials conducted a raid and caught the three accused and seized Rs 1 lakh cash from them.