CBI raids Income Tax Official: Locates assets worth several Lakh Rupees

Last updated: 04 August 2007 Follow on Google News

New Delhi, 14.06.2007 CBI raids Income Tax Official: Locates assets worth several Lakh Rupees CBI''s Anti-Corruption Branch of Delhi, after registering a case under Prevention of Corruption Act against an Income Tax Inspector, today conducted raids at three places in Delhi and found assets worth several lakhs of rupees belonging to the Inspector or his kin. The searches were conducted at Shyam Enclave, Delhi, Commercial complex/hostel by the name of Homefeel Hostel at Radhey Shyam Park, Sahibabd (U.P) and at the office of the Director (Exemption), Laxmi Nagar District Centre, Delhi where the accused Inspector is employed. During the searches, CBI officials found a double-storey house at Shyam Enclave, a three-storey commercial building being run as a boys hostel at Shahibabad, a Santro car worth Rs.3.5 lakh, jewellery and cash and fixed deposit receipts worth Rs.16.5 lakhs. Besides the above, 12 bank accounts in the name of the accused and his family members have been located. The balance in these accounts is being ascertained. Two bank lockers in Oriental Bank of Commerce, Surajmal Vihar Branch, Delhi have been found and the lockers are yet to be operated. The FIR registered against the accused Income Tax Inspector for possession of assets disproportionate to his known sources of income alleges that he joined the Income tax department during 1975 as a Lower Division Clerk. The total income of the accused consisting of his salary and the income claimed by his wife shown in the income tax returns is calculated to be Rs.20.49 lakh as against his likely savings of Rs.19.78 lakh and the disproportion amount is Rs.31.60 lakh, the FIR alleges.

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