Bribery case: CBI arrests IPS officer Deepak Gahlawat

The CBI has arrested IPS officer Deepak Gahlawat in connection with an alleged ₹3 crore bribery case linked to its probe into a fake drug manufacturing racket, officials said on Wednesday (July 1, 2026).

Mr. Gahlawat, who was posted as a regional director in the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) at the time of the alleged offence, is accused of assuring a Puducherry-based businessman a favourable outcome in the CBI investigation by using his purported influence over agency officials in return for the bribe, they said.

The case stems from a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) trap operation conducted in June, during which Delhi Police Crime Branch Inspector Pradeep Singh and an alleged middleman, Mr. Rajkumar, were arrested.

The agency had also registered an FIR against Singh, Mr. Rajkumar and businessman N. Raja in the case.