Former Chief Secretary of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Jitendra Narain was arrested in a gang rape case on Thursday, 10 November.
The A&N Police and a Special Investigation Team (SIT) had last month found evidence of an alleged "sex-for-jobs" racket when Narain was posted as chief secretary of the Union territory.
The IAS officer's arrest came after a local court rejected his anticipatory bail plea earlier on Thursday. Soon after the verdict, a team of police personnel reached a private resort where Narain was staying and took him to the police station amid heavy security, as per a report by news agency PTI.