The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday arrested a Customs Intelligence officer in Dehradun for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 10 lakh.
Assistant Director Anil Kumar Mishra posted at Directorate General of Customs & Central Excise (Intelligence), Dehradun (Uttarakhand) was nabbed while demanding and accepting an alleged bribe of Rs. 10 lakh from a complainant, agency sources said.
A case was registered on a complaint alleging that officials of Directorate General of Customs & Central Excise (Intelligence) had conducted raid on the premises of complainant on March 30, 2015 and had seized the records.
The demand for bribe was allegedly made in lieu of settlement of the Service Tax issue of the complainant.
The CBI laid a trap and caught the accused while demanding and accepting the alleged bribe of Rs 10 lakh from the complainant.
After registration of the case, the agency conducted searches at the premises of the accused.
The arrested accused will be produced at a designated court in Dehradun.