CBI Arrests Customs Superintendent – Finds over 30 Lakhs cash
THE Central Bureau of Investigation, Chennai has registered a case against a Superintendent of Customs (Authorised Officer, ELCOT Special Economic Zone, Sholinganallur, Chennai) U/s 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 on the allegation that he demanded a sum of Rs. Fifty thousand as illegal gratification from the complainant for obtaining Bill of Entry in the name of the complainant's firm for taking out Scrap from Special Economic Zone. He was caught red handed while demanding and accepting the bribe of Rs.50,000/- from the complainant. He was produced before the Principal Special Judge for CBI Cases, Chennai who remanded him to judicial custody till 10.04.2012.
Search was conducted at his residence and cash of Rs. 14.7 lakhs was seized. CBI got cash of Rs. 20 Lakh from two of his lockers, apart from deposits and investments to the tune of Rs. 50 Lakhs.
Nobody seems to be afraid these days – even as a CBI raid goes on in one part of the building, people are taking bribes in another part, not bothered about the plight in jail or the social stigma or the hell, which the family has to go through. Once an officer is caught red handed; he is finished for life – but still people are ready to take the risk, in spite of reasonably good salaries now.!