I-T Jt Commissioner arrested for demanding `5-lakh bribe

The CBI official said that the joint commissioner allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs 30 lakh to settle the matter. “The bribe amount was negotiated to Rs 25 lakh and the accused agreed to accept Rs 5 lakh as first instalment at his office premises in Piramal Chambers in Mumbai,” the CBI official added.

The agency conducted searches at the residential and office premises of the joint commissioner and recovered some incriminating documents along with gold jewellery and gold coins weighing 1.5 kg. 

The accused was apprehended over a tip-off provide by one of the complainant after which the sleuths of CBI laid trap and caught Jhangre from Bandra Kurla Complex office which is the head-quarter of Mumbai’s Income Tax department.

The agency registered a case on a complaint that Jhangre threatened to re-open the firm’s Income Tax assessment files.

“The joint commissioner also threatened the CA (chartered accountant) of the complainant, and said he (the firm`s owner) should come and meet him for settling the Income Tax matter,” said a CBI official.