CBI today arrested J P Singh, the then Joint Director in Enforcement Directorate, who is facing the agency's probe for allegedly receiving bribe from accused in IPL cricket-betting scam investigated by him.<br/><br/>Singh, a Indian Revenue Service officer of the Customs and Excise wing, was being probed by CBI on the basis of a complaint received from the ED.<br/>He has now moved to his parent cadre as Commissioner,<br/>Customs and Excise wing, of Indian Revenue Service.<br/><br/>Besides Singh, CBI has also arrested enforcement officer Sanjay and two private persons – Vimal Aggarwal and Chandresh Patel. <br/><br/>Our correspondent quoting CBI sources reports, the ED's Ahmedabad unit was probing the 2,000-crore IPL betting scandal, and the 5,000-crore money laundering case against alleged hawala operator Afroz Fatta, in which the suspects allegedly sought favours.<br/><br/>CBI had said huge bribe amount was allegedly taken by these officers as quid pro quo for various acts of omission and commission.<br/><br/>The case against Singh and unknown ED officials has been<br/>registered under the provisions of criminal conspiracy under Indian Penal Code and Prevention of Corruption Act.

CBI today arrested Joint Director of Enforcement Directorate, Indian Revenue Service officer JP Singh in corruption case. Three others have also been arrested, which include ED official Sanjay Kumar.