Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Chief Commissioner of Central Excise under CBI scanner for taking cash for transfers

Chennai:
Central Bureau of Investion, Anti-Corruption Bureau, Chennai registered a case against Janaki Arunkumar, Principal Chief Commissioner of Central Excise, Chennai Zone and four Superintendents of Central Excise, Chennai, for accepting money for making favourable transfer postings.

The four superintendents against whom a case has filed include Paul Sudhakar, Manoharan, Dhanasekaran and Selvaraj, a CBI release said.

It is alleged that the accused persons in criminal conspiracy with each other during November 2016 demanded illegal gratification for making favourable transfer postings of Dhanasekaran, Selvaraj and few other Officers of Central Excise on payment of illegal gratification of Rs 1 lakh per person, said CBI sources.

Further, Paul Sudhakar got appointment of Janaki Arunkumar for delivering Rs 2 lakhs at her residence at Palavakkam, Chennai on Tuesday night accompanied by other accused persons.

CBI said that searches were conducted at seven places in Chennai including the residential & official premises of the accused persons which led to recovery of incriminating documents. During searches at the premises of Principal Chief Commissioner, incriminating documents; around 37 liquor bottles including imported liquor; 83 numbers of gold coins weighing 684 grams (approx); cash of Rs. 7.93 lakh (approx) and a cash of Rs.Two lakh as alleged bribe handed over at her residence; Fixed Deposits worth around Rs.1.2 crore(approx); Property documents of five immovable assets at Chennai, Bangaluru & Aurangabad were recovered. Cash of Rs.2.62 lakh (approx); FDs worth around 30 lakh; Locker key and incriminating documents were also recovered from the premises of other accused persons

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