CBI Charge sheet against Central Excise Commissioner quashed by Delhi High Court
REMEMBER the case of Dr.Anup KumarSrivastava, Commissioner of Central Excise in New Delhi who was arrested by the CBI on corruption charges?
CBI has filed a charge sheet against Dr.Anup Kumar Srivastava, then Commissioner, Central Excise, Delhi-I; LallanOjha, Superintendent, Central Excise; Hemant Gandhi, a middleman; DilipAggarwal, a private person and AnandAggarwal, 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.
Last week, the Delhi High Court quashed the charge sheet against Commissioner Srivastava. The charge sheet against the Superintendent and other accused will continue.
Srivastava should now get his job and all the perks back.