CBI files fresh DA case against senior I-T official, carries out raids

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday carried out searches at eight residential and official premises of suspended Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (Jodhpur) PK Sharma, following the registration of a case regarding allegedly amassing disproportionate assets worth crores of rupees against him and his family members.

According to CBI spokesperson RK Gaur, the raids were conducted at the properties belonging to Sharma at Ajmer, Jaipur and Nagaur, which led to the recovery of incriminating documents pertaining to movable/immovable assets; cash/investments and bank accounts. CBI sources said a fresh case was registered last week against Sharma, who is already facing probe in a bribery case, his wife Krishna, son Divij, brother-in-laws Vinay Sharma and Shashi Sharma and their wives Nirmala Sharma and Manju Sharma, respectively.

The raids were conducted in pursuance of the fresh case registered by the CBI. Premises of two chartered accountants Sunil Poriwal in Ajmer and Anil Agarwal in Jaipur were also searched, sources said.

The sources said during the course of investigation, in a previous bribery case, it came to light that Sharma had amassed disproportionate assets to the tune of Rs 6 crore. They added the figure was fixed based on probe so far and it might go up. “The CBI had earlier arrested said Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Jodhpur and an Income Tax Officer, Jodhpur and a private person (resident of Paota, Jodhpur) in an alleged bribery case of Rs 15 lakh,” an official said.