CBI books graft case against income tax officer working in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) booked a case against a Senior Tax Assistant working with the Income-tax Department in Hyderabad for allegedly demanding a bribe of Six lakhs from a taxpayer to not raise any issues in taxpayer’s income-tax Returns(lTRs) filings.
According to the complainant, he has been filing lncome-tax Returns(ITR) from several years. He was approached by a Senior Tax Assistant, Sri Quamar Ali Khan on the phone for an examination of my old processed lTRs and called the complaint to his office and demanded proof of exemptions claimed in my lTRs. Subsequently the complaint sent all the hard copies of the proofs to his office address by post.
Meanwhile, the accused officer allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs.6.00 lakh for not raising any issues in the complaint’s lTRs. When the complainant approached the accused officer reportedly he snatched Rs.15,000 from the complainant right in his office in November, 2023 and from then onwards, the tainted official started harassing the complaint for the payment of Rs. 6 lakh as a bribe, failing which, accused official threatened to block the PAN card, bank account of the complainant. The tainted official also harassed the complainant for giving his lTRs e-portal password, said the comaplainant in his complaint copy filed with CBI.
Preliminary investigation by the national investigation agency conducted on the allegations, disclosed commission of offence by the accused officer. Shalini Bhargava Kaushal, Principal Commissioner of Income-tax- 1, Hyderabad, authorized the Central Bureau of Investigation, ACB, Hyderabad to conduct investigation into the allegations against Quamar Aulam Khan, Senior Tax Assistant. Subsequently after taking permission from the competent authority started investigation into the alleged offence, CBI booked a case under Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 (amended in 2018). Further investigation is underway.
