CBI Hyperactive against Revenue Officers in 2011
THE New Year is just 14 days old and the CBI had reaped a good catch of Revenue Officers, with perhaps the largest ever trap of Rs. 1.09 Crores against a DGCEI officer. Close on the heels of the one Crore trap in Pune, CBI trainned its guns to nearby Mumbai Customs and registered a case against a CHA and unknown officials of the Customs Department from Additional Commissioner to Preventive Officers. It is alleged that the Customs officers were collecting illegal gratification in the form of cash, electronic gadgets viz. laptops, mobile phones, air-conditioners etc., air tickets for domestic and international travel as well as travel expenses etc.
CBI arrested an Income Tax Officer accepting a bribe of Rs. 20,000/- and when they searched his house they got a cash of Rs. 31 lakhs apart from documents for huge properties.
And yesterday, the CBI booked a case against an Assistant Commissioner, Superintendent & Inspector of Central Excise, alleging that they abused their official positions and cheated the Govt. Exchequer by way of preparing anti-dated Panchnama showing the sealing of Gutka Manufacturing Machines on 01.7.2008, thereby causing wrongful gain to themselves and Indore-based Food Processing Firm to the tune of Rs.5,37,50,000/- .
A colleague asked me what would be the salary of a Superintendent and a Commissioner. I told him it would be around Rs. 60,000 and Rs. 100,000 respectively. He was stunned that officers making so much money still needed to be corrupt!
The super corrupt officers are all above 50 years of age and the money they want to earn is not for them – it is for the spouse, children, or somebody else – none of whom will accompany them to jail or hell whereever they are destined to go. They should learn from Valmiki!