Gujarat bribery case: In connection with an ongoing investigation of a bribery case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday arrested the Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax of Gujarat's Ahmedabad on Monday. The arrested officer was identified as Vivek Johri.
Earlier on October 12, the probe agency had registered an instant case against Johri on the request of the Gujarat government and further notification from the Government of India related to bribery of Rs 30 lakh.
What's the case?
It was alleged that the then Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax had facilitated the escape of said Additional Commissioner from his office by helping, creating a ruckus during trap proceedings on October 10, 2022, laid by ACB of Gujarat State.
It was further alleged that the then Additional Commissioner of Income Tax (Central Range-I), Ahmedabad, before escaping from the detection of the State ACB, had handed over two mobile handsets to the said Assistant Commissioner.
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Mobile phones recovered from Sabarmati river
It was also alleged that he disposed of the two mobile handsets by way of throwing the same in the Sabarmati river on the directions of the said Additional Commissioner of Income Tax. CBI has recovered both mobiles from the Sabarmati River with the help of divers and other agencies using diving equipment and Remotely Operated Vehicle equipped with SONAR technology.
It should be mentioned here that the arrested accused was produced before the CBI Special Court, Ahmedabad and was remanded to police custody till Monday.
(With ANI inputs)
