Mumbai: CBI sleuths use unique way to trap income tax officials who demanded bribe over …

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials had recently used a unique method to trap two inspectors working at the Investigation Unit of the Income Tax Department at Ballard Pier in Mumbai for allegedly accepting bribe of Rs 15 lakh from a person. The complainant had told the victim that the accused officials speak to him over WhatsApp calls only as calls cannot be recorded on the phone. The CBI team then arranged for witnesses and asked the complainant to call the officials over WhatsApp and put the calls on speaker mode. The CBI team that was armed with a digital voice recorder then recorded all the calls in which the accused income tax officials discussed about demanding bribe money.FPJ on Saturday had reported that CBI had arrested tax inspectors Dilip Kumar and Ashish Kumar and were on the lookout for another inspector in connection with the case.According to the CBI, the accused IT officials had allegedly demanded undue advantage of Rs 15 lakh for helping the complainant, who is the Managing Director of a logistics company, in the investigation being conducted by the Income Tax Authorities. The complainant, who did not wish to pay the bribe, approached the CBI…
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