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Senior Home Ministry official O Ravi was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday on charges of corruption. Ravi was a 1983 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer belongs to Gujarat cadre and is currently holding the office of the Joint Secretary (Disaster Management) with the Union Home Ministry. A CBI team, raided Ravi ’s residence here this morning. The CBI has charged Ravi of accepting a Rs 50 lakh in bribe from one Alok Khimani. Khimani is a distiller in Daman and Diu . He was facing huge tax evasion charges slapped on him by the present administrator of the Union Territory . Khimani reportedly wanted to influence the current officer through Ravi . Ravi ’s name figured prominently in the media when a devastating flood hit parts of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh in August 2009. Ravi led one of the Central teams which visited flood affected areas to assess the damage.