The CBI has arrested Additional Director General Amit Kumar Singhal, who was posted at the Directorate of Taxpayer Services, for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 25 lakh but Singal, a 2007-batch officer of the Indian Revenue Service, had allegedly demanded a total bribe of Rs 45 lakh.
The first instalment of Rs 25 lakh was being delivered to his residence in Mohali but CBI laid a trap and arrested a private individual, Harsh Kotak, while allegedly accepting the bribe on Singal's behalf at the officer's Mohali residence.
Singal was arrested from his residence in Vasant Kunj, New Delhi.
The CBI is conducting searches at multiple locations across Delhi, Punjab and Mumbai in connection with the case.
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