Fugitive Income Tax Officer Nabbed
IN DDT 1943 17 09 2012, it was reported,
KAKINADA is a small rich port town in Andhra Pradesh and here during the weekend the CBI trapped an Income Tax Officer demanding a bribe of Rs. 65 Lakhs! It seems the ITO demanded Rs. 80 Lakhs but later his uncle intervened and got the bribe amount reduced to Rs. 65 Lakhs. And it was the uncle who was caught red-handed by the CBI while accepting an amount of Rs. 15 lakhs. This uncle was arrested and will be produced before the CBI court today. The ITO was not arrested because of his "ill health" and hospitalisation. Eventually he will be!
Now, he is - exactly after a month.
This ITO who was hospitalized escaped from the hospital on the day he was to be arrested. Since then, he was missing. But the CBI sleuths caught up with him and arrested him. Interestingly, he was arrested from another hospital.
This means:
1. Taking bribe is always risky.
2. One can't really run away from the Police - they will catch up one day.
3. The day one is caught, one is ruined - forever.