CBI chief in one of the biggest corruption sting operations arrested Principal Commissioner of Income Tax (Patna and Dhanbad) - Santosh Kumar and four others for receiving Rs 10 lakh in bribes. The following persons have been apprehended in the course of the bust: Gurpal Singh, Rajiv Kumar, Ashok Chaurasia and Pranay, who are said to have played a role of arranging the illicit transactions.
CBI officials said that the arrests were made during an alleged exchange of what is termed as illegal gratification. The FIR was filed with a complaint that Kumar used to demand and accept bribes from different income tax assessees that came under his jurisdiction in lieu of undue favours.
The CBI spokesperson further said that there were several channels for ferrying money to Kumar as they have described that conduits were active. After the arrest, CBI conducted raids at 21 places in Patna, Dhanbad and Noida where it seized some documents and other evidence related to the cases.
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