new delhi cbi has arrested the regional passport officer in chennai for demanding and accepting bribe from a passport applicant and detected immovable property worth rs one crore in the officials name regional passport officer sumathi ravichandran in connivance with one a s fatima muzaffar of a private travel firm were allegedly running a racket for quicker processing of passport applications according to cbi both the official and the travel agent had demanded a bribe of rs 9000 from an applicant for expediting issuance of the passport besides other fees a cbi spokesperson said here during searches at the residence of the officer cash of about rs five lakh and documents pertaining to immovable property worth rs one crore were recovered the official said the balance in various banks held in the name of the accused officer stands at rs four lakh one of the lockers in the name of her family members contained 92 sovereigns of gold jewellery he said both the officer and the agent were produced before the special court here and remanded them in judicial custody