CBI official nabs I-T inspector who took ₹5L bribe after chase

CBI official nabs I-T inspector who took ₹5L bribe after chase

VijayV.Singh@timesgroup.com

Mumbai:10.04.2021

A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) official chased an Income-Tax (I-T) investigation wing inspector Ashish Kumar around for half a km and arrested him for accepting a Rs 5 lakh bribe from the owner of a logistics company on Thursday.

CBI also arrested his colleague, inspector Dilip Kumar, that day while accepting Rs 10 lakh from the same person. CBI is investigating inspector S N Rai, who too had demanded a bribe from the complainant.

It produced the two I-T inspectors in court, which remanded them to jail custody on Friday. CBI searched their homes and recovered Rs 7 lakh along with documents, including land purchase-related. The inspectors were attached to I-T investigation wing office at Ballard Pier and were part of a team that raided the logistics company recently for tax evasion.

The three were calling the owner of the company separately, demanding bribes. The three were unaware about each others’ communication with the complainant, who approached the anti-corruption wing of CBI for help.

CBI took the complainant into confidence and laid a trap for the two inspectors who had been caught red-handed with the bribe.

Ashish Kumar had called the complainant near Oberoi Mall in Goregaon (E) on Thursday night and a CBI team laid a trap near the spot. They caught Ashish after he collected Rs 5 lakh from the complainant and kept it in his bag, but he flung the bag with money at the team and ran away. A team member chased him and nabbed him.

Earlier, another team had arrested Dilip Kumar from Andheri while accepting a Rs 10 lakh bribe. CBI sources said Rai called the complainant for bribe negotiation but had not mentioned the amount.

CBI also arrested his colleague, inspector Dilip Kumar, while accepting Rs 10 lakh from a logistics firm owner. It is probing inspector S N Rai, who had also demanded a bribe