The Central Bureau
of Investigation has arrested an Income Tax Officer(ITO), Income Tax
Department, Fatehabad (Haryana) and two private persons in a bribery
case of Rs.50,000/-.
A case was registered against the Income
Tax Officer and a CA(Private person) on a complaint alleging that the
ITO, Income Tax Department, Fatehabad has demanded bribe of Rs.75,000/-
from the complainant in a matter of non filing of Income Tax Return for
the money deposited in his HDFC Bank account during the financial year
2010-11. It was also alleged that the demand was to be fulfilled through
a CA(Private person).
During investigation, CBI laid a trap
and caught the accused while accepting the bribe of Rs.50,000/- from the
complainant. Thereafter, all the accused were arrested.
Searches were conducted at the
residential & office premises of the accused. Documents of
properties worth Rs.2 crore (approx) belonging to the Income Tax
Officer, and incriminating files were recovered.
The arrested accused will be produced today before the Competent Court at Panchkula (Haryana).
CBI Press Release- New Delhi, 03.01.2019
source: https://taxguru.in/income-tax/cbi-arrests-income-tax-officer-two-others-bribery-case.html
