Mumbai: I-T deputy commissioner arrested for Rs 3-crore graft

Mumbai | Saturday | 23rd September, 2017

Summary:

To swing the case in his favour, Swamy allegedly demanded Rs 5 crore as bribe which was negotiated and later settled at Rs 3 crore. According to the CBI, Jaipal Swamy, attached with the central range in Mumbai, was caught red-handed at his South Mumbai office by sleuths of the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) of the CBI, Mumbai, who laid a trap. (Representational) “This is one of biggest direct bribe demand cases registered by us in the recent times,” added the official. “This is one of biggest direct bribe demand cases registered by us in the recent times,” added the official. (Representational)In one of the biggest cases of a “direct bribe demand” busted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the central agency on Friday arrested a deputy commissioner of Income Tax with its Mumbai wing for allegedly seeking a graft for Rs 3 crore from the complainant..