A senior Indian Income Service officer was arrested Saturday by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on fees of demanding and accepting a bribe, the company stated in a press release.
The officer, a 2007 batch official at the moment serving as Extra Director Common on the Directorate of Taxpayer Companies in Delhi, was taken into custody from his residence within the Vasant Kunj neighbourhood of the capital. He’s accused of soliciting Rs 45 lakh from a complainant in return for beneficial remedy from the Income and Revenue Tax Division.
The CBI, which registered a proper case on Might 31, alleged that the bribe demand got here with threats of authorized motion, punitive penalties, and continued harassment ought to the complainant fail to conform.
A entice was set to apprehend the people concerned, the company stated. “CBI laid a entice and caught accused personal particular person red-handed whereas demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 25 lakh from the complainant on the behalf of accused public servant on the public servant’s residence in Mohali,” the spokesperson stated. “Accused public servant was additionally apprehended from his residence in Vasant Kunj. Later, each accused have been arrested and can be produced earlier than the involved Court docket.”