Case of disproportionate assets against IRS officer
Special Correspondent
NEW DELHI:
In a corruption case involving a senior Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer this year, the Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday claimed to have unearthed assets running into about Rs. 20 crore of an Income Tax Commissioner (Appeals) of Kolkata.
The agency carried out searches at 10 places in Hyderabad, Kolkata and Chennai and surprise checks at the residences of the official at Banjara Hills and Jubilee Hills, residences of his relatives in Hyderabad, his official residence and office chamber in Kolkata and the office of his tax consultant in Chennai.
The CBI registered a case of disproportionate assets against him under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
During searches in the premises of the 1979 batch IRS officer, the CBI claimed to have found several property documents and share certificates worth crores of rupees. Ten bank accounts in the name of the accused and his immediate kith and kin have been frozen, a CBI spokesperson here said.
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