DGCEI Officers Arrested by CBI
DGCEI has been in the news recently for arresting some top executives of some famous firms. Now the top Intelligence Agency has become news as the CBI arrested four of its officers (An Assistant Commissioner, a Superintendent and two Inspectors) in Dehradun for demanding a bribe of ten lakh rupees. The DGCEI, was once considered a premier investigating agency and the posting to it was prestigious. Today it is said to be very lucrative. Who is more dangerous - the tax evader or the intelligence officer who lets him off after taking a bribe? In this case, the bribe was not an individual enterprise, but a collective effort with all the officers in the team actively involved - and they spend time together in jail.
It is also interesting to note that CBI has booked a case against the son of a former CBI Director for defrauding a consortium of banks to the tune of Rs 304 crore.
Civil Dacoit? An Income Tax Officer framed by CBI for assets disproportionate to his known source of income, claimed in court that his wife's grandfather was a dacoit and he had given her about a kg of gold as wedding gift.