Sunday | Jun 22 2025 | 03:24:54 PM
New Delhi, Jume 3
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two accused including a Senior Indian Revenue Service Officer of 2007 batch, presently posted as Additional Director General, Directorate of Taxpayer Services in Delhi and a private person for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 25 lakh as part payment of total demanded bribe of Rs. 45 lakh from the complainant.
CBI registered a case on May 31 by CBI against said accused on allegations that accused public servant demanded illegal gratification of Rs. 45 lakhs from the complainant in exchange for extending favourable treatment. The demand was accompanied by threats of legal action and harassment in case of non-compliance.
The CBI laid a trap and caught accused private person red-handed while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs. 25 lakhs from the complainant on behalf of accused public servant at the public servant’s residence in Mohali.
The accused public servant was also apprehended from his residence in Vasant Kunj, New Delhi.
The agency also conducted searches at multiple locations across Delhi, Punjab, and Mumbai.
CBI seized substantial assets and incriminating material, including approximately 3.5 kg of Gold and 2 kg of Silver, valued at around Rs. 3.5 crore; cash amounting to Rs. 1 crore approx.; Documents of a locker and 25 bank accounts with various banks; and Documents of immovable properties and assets located in Delhi, Mumbai and Punjab. Total value of all movable and immovable assets is yet to be ascertained, officials added.
