Mumbai, September 03: CBI has arrested two senior officials of Income Tax department for allegedly amassing wealth more than their known sources of income in two separate cases.
The accused officials are Vivek Batra, Additional Commissioner of Income Tax and Dhananjay Kumar, Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax, Mumbai.
A CBI official said Batra, a 1992 batch IRS officer, allegedly indulged in corrupt practices and accumulated huge immovable and movable assets exceeding Rs 1.27 crore in his name and in the name of his family members which is disproportionate to his known sources of income.
“Investigation has so far revealed that the accused has invested his money in two companies which he formed in the names of his two relatives,” CBI spokesperson Harsh Bhal said.
The assets acquired in the name of said companies are worth more than Rs 82 lakh.
–Agencies