Customs Inspector Tries to Burn Cash as CBI Raids
CBI booked cases against 7 Customs officers of the rank of Superintendent and Inspector and three employees of a freight forwarder company.
The Charge: The freight company was obliging many Customs officials and paying regular bribes to various Customs officials in connection with the export-import activities in Custom Department in Gujarat. It has been gathered that a deep rooted corruption network exists wherein some Custom House Agents/private persons pay regular bribe to many officials on clearance basis, as per the rates already negotiated by them.
One of the Inspectors of Customs at Surat tried to burn the huge cash available with him before allowing the CBI team to enter his residence for conducting search.