CBI raids premises of IRS officer held for taking bribe from Pizza chain proprietor; 1 cr money, 3kg gold seized
IRS officer Amit Kumar Singal and his affiliate are being probed in reference to a bribery case, officers mentioned on Monday.
Singal had allegedly demanded a complete bribe quantity of ₹45 lakh to settle an income-tax discover issued to Sanam Kapoor, proprietor of La Pino’z Pizza.(ANI)
According to ANI, the continuing investigation pertains to the arrest of two accused, together with Amit Kumar Singal, a 2007-batch IRS official at the moment serving as Additional Director General on the Directorate of Taxpayer Services.
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His affiliate Harsh Kotak was additionally arrested, following a entice operation. The two are being probed in reference to a bribery case involving an quantity of ₹25 lakh, officers mentioned on Monday.
What’s the bribery case in opposition to IRS officer Singal?
As per the PTI information company, Amit Kumar Singal had allegedly demanded a complete bribe quantity of ₹45 lakh to settle an income-tax discover issued to Sanam Kapoor, proprietor of La Pino’z Pizza, based on the CBI FIR.
The first instalment of ₹25 lakh was delivered to his residence in Punjab’s Mohali on Saturday, the place Kotak allegedly acquired the cash on the officer’s behalf.
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Acting on Kapoor’s criticism, a CBI workforce raided the premises and arrested Kotak.
Another workforce of the federal company arrested Singal from his Delhi residence on the identical day.
According to the FIR, Singal, then posted because the joint commissioner of the Customs Department, Mumbai, approached Kapoor and, after just a few conferences, entered right into a grasp franchise contract with La Pinoz Pizza via Parker Impex, a partnership agency within the identify of his mom, Ranjna, and Amit Rattan.
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It was allegedly adopted by different agreements concerning a franchise deal for 2 shops and a retailer with Flevaco (a partnership agency of Harsh Kotak and his mom, Godavariben Amulakhbhai Kotak) and an settlement for an outlet with Mohini Hospitality, during which Kotak’s spouse, Kiran, was the proprietor.
Meanwhile, the 2 have been produced earlier than a particular Justice of the Peace in Chandigarh, who remanded them in judicial custody until June 13, based on Kapoor’s lawyer, Gagandeep Jammu.
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