Two IT Assistant Commissioners arrested by CBI for bribe of ten lakhs- Bonus - few bottles of foreign liquor
A granite merchant in the small but prosperous town of Trissur in Kerala was told by two Assistant Commissioners of Income tax that his tax liability of Rs. 50 lakhs could be reduced to 1 lakh if he paid Rs. 10 lakhs to them. He did and also informed the CBI. When the CBI officers reached the spot, the clever IRS officers tossed out the bundles of currency, but that didn't help them. When their houses were raided, 14 foreign liquor bottles were found and the State Excise officers also entered the scene and booked an excise case for possession of more than the permissible quantity of foreign liquor. [It seems the maximum quantity of Foreign Made Foreign Liquor that a person can possess in Kerala is 2.5 litres.]