The CBI on Friday arrested Customs Commi-ssioner Atul Dixit, Deputy Customs Commissioner Nalin Kumar and businessman Sahdev Gupta here in a graft case in which the trio had allegedly defrauded the Government exchequer to the tune of over `74 crore.
The move comes soon after the agency conducted searches at their premises and recovered incriminating documents including papers relating to investments in properties by Dixit and `85 lakh in cash and valuable jewellery from Kumar’s lockers.
Dixit and Kumar had allegedly abused their official position to favour to Gupta in releasing about `75 crore towards duty drawback claimed against dubious exports worth ` 8,000 crore to Hong Kong and Dubai. Officials said the trio will be subjected to custodial interrogation to unravel the larger criminal conspiracy involving them.