A senior official of the central GST department has been arrested by the CBI in connection with an alleged bribery case, officials said on Friday. Amit Dalal, a superintendent in the central GST Department, had fled from Mumbai after the arrest of two chartered accountants -- Gopal Bhattar and Ramesh Pamar, they said.

The CBI had booked Dalal on the basis of a complaint from a businessman who had accused him of demanding a bribe of Rs 15 lakh for not enhancing his GST evasion/tax liability and for not arresting him in the same matter.