CBI Files Charge sheet Against CE Commissioner
CBI has filed a charge sheet against Dr. Anup Kumar Srivastava, then Commissioner, Central Excise, Delhi-I; Lallan Ojha, Superintendent, Central Excise; Hemant Gandhi, a middleman; Dilip Aggarwal, a private person and Anand Aggarwal, a private person. The Charge is that the Commissioner & Superintendent, along with the middleman (Private person) hatched a conspiracy among themselves to get an illegal raid conducted on the premises at Rama Road in Karol Bagh, New Delhi of a mobile phone importer, with a view to extract illegal gratification. As a result, the Superintendent led the said raid and settled for a bribe of Rs. 60 lakhs. The mobile operator & his partner allegedly paid Rs. 40 Lakhs to the Superintendent of Central Excise, which was collected by the middleman including a cheque of Rs. 20 lakhs for the balance amount.