New Delhi: A top Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) official was today (Dec 6, 2003) detained along with two others in Vishakapatnam in an alleged graft case, the agency sources said in New Delhi.

CBI sleuths detained deputy inspector general (DIG) Sudhakar Rao, an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of second cadre, and were conducting raids at his house in Vishakapatnam following allegations that he demanded Rs five lakhs from a person to settle his case and deputed a woman accomplice to collect the money, the sources said.

The accomplice, a public prosecutor and another woman, an Andhra Pradesh Government employee were also detained and their premises raided, the CBI said.

Rao was only last month, on November 25, promoted as DIG and relieved from his post on December 3 for his next posting in Sikkim, but he allegedly assured the complainant that he would settle his case before leaving, the CBI said.

PTI