A team of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested an Income Tax assistant Rakesh Kumar on Wednesday on charge of accepting a bribe of Rs7,000 from a complainant, Sushil Kumar, native of Allahabad. The incident occurred at Kashipur in Udham Singh Nagar district. Sushil Kumar is currently living in Rudrapur. He earlier worked as lIC agent. Tax assistant, Income Tax department, Kashipur, Rakesh Kumar, native of Allahabad, had sought bribe of Rs25, 000 from Sushil Kumar in return of his assured initiative to release of income tax refund due worth Rs1.17 lakh. CBI team has also raided his house.
In his written complaint filed at CBI office on May 9, Sushil Kumar stated that Rakesh Kumar was demanding Rs25, 000 to release income tax refund due. Sushil had given Rs22,000 in two installments. Sushil again had demanded Rs7, 000, raising the demand from the earlier Rs3, 000 from the complainant to complete the same work.
The complainant said he had made rounds of the office repeatedly and brought the matter up with the officials concerned for the releasing the cheque of the same amount.
But each time he had met them they had told him to shell out the amount as demanded, he said in the complaint.
He further noted that following several rounds of talks, the amount and the place where it was to be given had been fixed. Finally, Sushil had agreed on Rs25, 000 to be given as bribe for releasing the amount, he stated, adding that Rakesh Kumar had called him at his office on Wednesday.
Acting on the complaint, a team of CBI comprised inspectors- Tej Prakash Devrani, Shailendra Singh, Yogesh Singh Dev, Anil Chandola, Sub-inspector Navneet Mishra, ASI Jeevan Chandra Joshi and constables Surendra Verma and Ram Singh probed and found it correct. The members drafted a plan to trap the accused. Rakesh Kumar was caught red- handed while taking Rs7, 000 at 12.15 pm as bribe from the complainant at his office Kashipur, Udham Singh Nagar on Wednesday, said CBI inspector Tej Prakash Devrani.