CBI arrests ITO and three employees of Income Tax Department

By Vijay Kumar

CBI registered a case against an ITO and OS working in the office of CIT (TDS), Kolkata on the allegation that the accused were demanding an illegal gratification from the complainant for issuing certificate for lower deduction under section 197 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 to his firm(A firm of Chartered Accountants based at Kolkata). CBI laid a trap and caught the ITO and OS red handed, while they were demanding & accepting an illegal gratification of Rs. 50,000/- and Rs.10,000/- respectively from the complainant. During the course of investigation, a Senior Tax Assistant and a Tax Assistant of the same office were also arrested for having accepted Rs. 1000/- each from the accused OS, after the acceptance of a bribe of Rs.10,000/- by the OS from the complainant.

Search was conducted in the house of the ITO which led to recovery of Rs.6,50,000/- in cash. All the four were arrested.