New Delhi, March 18: CBI has today arrested three accused Including an Income Tax Officer, Steno of Income Tax Office and a Branch Manager, on accepting undue advantage in two separate cases of bribery.
In the first case, CBI arrested Income Tax Officer and Steno of Income Tax Office, Fatehpur, UP on receiving a bribe amount of Rs. 10,000/- from the complainant.
A case was registered by CBI on a complaint alleging that accused Income Tax Officer and Steno of Income Tax Office demanded undue advantage of Rs. 25,000/- threatening to initiate false report and imposing fine against complainant’s customer service portal if the bribe was not given.
The bribe amount was reduced by the accused to Rs. 20,000/- during negotiation.
CBI laid a trap and caught the said Steno red handed while accepting undue advantage of Rs 10,000/- from complainant at the instance of said ITO. Both have been arrested. Searches are being conducted at the premises of accused.
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