I-T officer caught red-handed accepting bribe

Npnews24 online, Visakhapatnam (AP): A Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) officer has caught an Income Tax officer accepting a bribe worth of Rs 2 Lakh. Accused, A.S Chandra Sekhar Reddy, nabbed from his office in Vishakhapatnam on April 29 along with the aforesaid amount and relevant incriminating documents, press note issued by CBI.

As per the statement, the CBI’s Visakhapatnam branch received a complaint on April 29 stating that Reddy, an Income Tax officer, had demanded Rs 7.5 Lakh as bribe for disposing favourably an appeal referred before the commissioner of Income Tax.

Reddy had directed the complaint to apy a sum of Rs 2 Lakh on April 29 and the balance in two installments before May 3, failing to do which the officer said he would close the appeal..

The complainant then approached the CBI for help, who, in turn, laid a trap for the accused officer after filing a case against him. The CBI mentioned that as the AP government ‘’did not agree to give consent under section 6 of the Delhi Special Police Established Act, 1946,’’ for investigating the matter, the case records seized trap amount, and the accused were handed over to the state government’s anti-corruption bureau for further investigation.