The CBI was granted four days’ police remand of Principal IT Commissioner Tapas Kumar Dutta who was arrested in a graft related case on Wednesday. Dutta, after being arrested by the CBI from the Income Tax Office in Ranchi on Wednesday after a rigorous 12-hour interrogation, was produced before a Special CBI court of BK Tiwary on Wednesday where it sought for a five-day remand, but the court agreed for a remand of four days only.
“Dutta will be kept at the Ranchi branch during his custody so that more information could be dug out regarding the people involved in the graft case, registered against him, three other officials of Income Tax Department and six private persons, including a Chartered Accountant for criminal conspiracy and taking illegal gratification,” said a CBI Officials requesting anonymity.
Dutta has been booked by the CBI under section 120-B of IPC read with sections 7, 12, 13(2) read with 13 (1) (d) of PC Act, 1988 on the allegations of criminal conspiracy, illegal gratification and criminal misconduct etc by corrupt and illegal means and criminal misconduct by the public servant with the active involvement of private persons.
The CBI had conducted raids at 18 locations in Kolkata and five in Ranchi. It also raided the guest house at Income Tax Office located on the 8th floor in Ranchi as soon it was opened on Wednesday.