The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested three Income Tax officials, including Assistant Director, Income Tax (Investigation), Aditya Saurabh, Inspector Manish Kumar Pankaj, and Multi-Tasking Staff Shubham Raj in Patna for taking a bribe of Rs 2 lakh from the complainant.
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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested three Income Tax officials, including Assistant Director, Income Tax (Investigation), Aditya Saurabh, Inspector Manish Kumar Pankaj, and Multi-Tasking Staff Shubham Raj in Patna for taking a bribe of Rs 2 lakh from the complainant.
The CBI registered the case on Tuesday against the accused for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 2 lakh from the complainant in exchange for releasing a previously seized amount of Rs 13 lakh and for not initiating further inquiry against him.
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The amount of Rs 13 lakh had reportedly been seized from the complainant’s brother-in-law at the airport and subsequently reported to the Income Tax Department.
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The CBI laid a trap and caught the accused red-handed while accepting the bribe. During the operation, the agency recovered the bribe amount of Rs 2 lakh, which was collected at the direction of the accused IRS officer.
Searches were conducted on Tuesday at three separate locations linked to the accused in Patna.
All three accused were remanded to three-day CBI custody by the CBI Special Court-1 in Patna. Investigation is underway.
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