The CBI on Tuesday arrested two Income Tax officials, including Joint Commissioner of Income Tax S Shivanandan, in Odisha for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 5 lakh from a person.
According to the reports, Income Tax sleuths had raided the house of one RK Shukla in Dhenkanal on charges of tax evasion. Shukla approached the CBI and claimed that one I-T officer Narayan Nayak was allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 5 lakh for stopping an enquiry against him, a source said. A trap was laid and Nayak was arrested while accepting the bribe from Shukla, the CBI source said.
It added that searches were conducted at his residence which led the sleuths to Joint Commissioner’s doorsteps as some of the documents seized from his house indicated Shaivanandan’s involvement.
The CBI immediately searched the premises of the Joint Commissioner and claimed to have made recoveries of documents about amassing huge immovable assets. The CBI arrested Shivanandan and both were being questioned.