IT vs CBI - Income Tax Officer arrested with bribe of 2 lakhs - Tax officials attack CBI
THE Income Tax officers all over the country were busy yesterday trying to collect that extra rupee to bolster their revenue targets, but a different drama unfolded in the Income Tax Bhavan at Lucknow. The CBI laid a trap on an officer trying to collect a bribe of Rs. 2 lakhs.
This is the story we heard.
An Income Tax officer of Lucknow demanded a bribe of Rs. 10 lakhs from the director of a firm for settling his Income Tax assessment. The director alerted the CBI, which nabbed the ITO with the advance amount of Rs. 2 lakhs. Now started the drama.
The colleagues of the ITO are reported to have attacked the CBI officers and witnesses - and one of the weapons used for scaring away the CBI sleuths was the fire extinguisher. The fire in the CBI doesn't get extinguished that easily. CBI called for police help and arrested the ITO.
As this was happening in Lucknow, in Patna a CBI Inspector was sentenced to five years rigorous imprisonment with fine of Rs.20,000 under the Prevention of Corruption Act, in a bribery case, by a CBI Court. The CBI inspector was arrested by the CBI seven years ago while demanding & accepting a bribe of Rs.50,000/ from a Bank Manager for showing favour in disposal of a complaint against him.