IT official jailed in 1998 bribery case

By IANS,

Mumbai : Fifteen years after he was caught, a former assistant commissioner of the Income Tax Department has been sentenced to five years in prison and a fine of Rs.30,000, an official said here Monday.


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In March 1998, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had caught Rajiv Kumar, the then income tax assistant commissioner, investigations, circle 27, Mumbai, for accepting a bribe of Rs.25,000, a CBI official said.

Kumar was chargesheeted in Sept 2000 for demanding the bribe from a complainant for settling his income tax assessment for the year 1995-1996.

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