CBI Arrests Lady ITO
IT is reported that a lady Income Tax Officer has been arrested by CBI in Mumbai yesterday for demanding and accepting an advance bribe of Rs. 1.5 Lakhs. It seems the lady demanded the bribe on behalf of her boss, an Additional Commissioner. In September, she demanded a bribe of Rs. 2.50 Lakhs, which was later, enhanced to Rs. 6 Lakhs. Of this, she collected 1.5 lakhs when the CBI closed in. She has been remanded to CBI custody for three days.
This lady will spend the next twenty years of her life running around lawyers and courts - she will lose her job and maybe spend some time in jail. How will her children grow up with a mother in jail? How will relatives and friends treat her? Obviously these thought don't haunt the officers when they demand and accept bribes - but the hard fact is - your life is finished if you are caught - is that bribe worth losing your life and that of your children?
I am told a revenue officer who was ill treated by a CBI Court Official told the Court official that he deserved better treatment, as he was a Gazetted Officer. The Court Official said, "You are a criminal and you don't deserve any better treatment".
The Vigilance Awareness Week is on and perhaps each Government Department should show to the employees the plight of their colleagues (and their families) who are caught by CBI and are in jails. This is what the Chinese Government does - see .