A special court in Mumbai on Thursday remanded an IRCTC executive as well as the director of a private hospitality firm in CBI custody till July 27 in a bribery case linked to the clearance of railway catering bills.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has identified the two arrested accused as Tridib Banerjee, Senior Executive at the IRCTC West Zone Office in Mumbai, and Amar Thakkar, Director of Kolkata-based M/s Araha Hospitality Pvt. Ltd. The agency had earlier announced the arrests in connection with an alleged bribery case involving the award of catering contracts.