In a major swoop, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested an Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise, lTU, Mumbai and a private person for allegedly demanding and accepting an alleged bribe of Rs1.25 crore.
The CBI identified the arrested persons as Ashok Nayak, assistant commissioner of central excise, lTU, Mumbai and Dhananjay Shetty, a private person.
Both were on Monday produced before a special CBI court which remanded them to the agency's custody till May 15.
The complainant in the case has alleged that in the year 2016, he had received notice from the office of Enforcement Directorate and during April, 2017, one person stating to be from Enforcement Office called the complainant and asked him to meet the person to whom he would refer, failing which, he would be arrested.
Subsequently, the complainant was allegedly asked to meet the Assistant Commissioner sitting at Central Excise office at World Trade Centre, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai.
The complainant alleged that when the complainant met the Assistant Commissioner, the latter demanded a bribe of Rs. 15 crore to sort out their matter pending in ED and told them to arrange 25-30% amount of the bribe within a day or two as the first instalment, failing which he would be arrested.
Following the complaint, the CBI laid a trap and caught the Assistant Commissioner caught red-handed, while allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs.1.25 crore.
During investigation, the accused informed CBI that he was to deliver this bribe amount to a private person. The tainted money of Rs.1.25 crore was handed over to the said private person, who was also caught while accepting the said bribe amount.
During the searches conducted at the residence of Nayak during, the CBI seized incriminating documents.