NEW DELHI - CBI on Dec 17 arrested two Income Tax officials, including Joint Commissioner of Income Tax S Shivanandan in Odisha, for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 500,000 from a person. Income Tax sleuths had raided house of an individual R K Shukla in Dhinkanal for alleged tax evasion. Shukla approached the CBI and claimed that one I-T officer Narayan Nayak was allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 500,000 for stopping an enquiry against him.
A trap was laid and Nayak was arrested while accepting the bribe, the CBI said. Searches were conducted at his residence which led the sleuths to his door steps as some of the documents seized from his house indicated Shaivanandan’s involvement. (PTI)
A trap was laid and Nayak was arrested while accepting the bribe, the CBI said. Searches were conducted at his residence which led the sleuths to his door steps as some of the documents seized from his house indicated Shaivanandan’s involvement. (PTI)
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