New Delhi, July 17 - A city court Friday sent member secretary of the All India Council For Technical Education (AICTE) and a middleman to three days of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody for allegedly taking Rs.5 lakh bribe for giving approval to an engineering college.

Special judge O.P. Saini sent K. Narayan Rao, AICTE member, and S.B. Subba Rao to CBI custody till July 20.

Narayan Rao was arrested Thursday by the CBI along with Subba Rao while accepting the bribe as a first instalment from the owner of the college.

A trap was laid on the basis of a complaint by Laxmikant Reddy, who is a partner in Vijay Educational Society which established an engineering college in Ranga Reddy district of Andhra Pradesh.