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CBI files corruption case against senior Mumbai I-T officer

July 28, 2017 06:57 pm | Updated 06:59 pm IST - New Delhi

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Vivek Batra, the 1992-batch Indian Revenue Service officer allegedly amassed disproportionate assets to the tune of ₹6.79 crore between 2008 and 2017, is being investigated by the CBI.

Vivek Batra, the 1992-batch Indian Revenue Service officer allegedly amassed disproportionate assets to the tune of ₹6.79 crore between 2008 and 2017, is being investigated by the CBI.

The CBI today registered a corruption case against Vivek Batra, Mumbai Additional Commissioner of Income Tax (TDS wing), for amassing disproportionate assets to the tune of over ₹6 crore and carried out searches in five cities in this connection.

Batra’s wife, Priyanka, several industrialists and a chartered accountant have also been named in an FIR, CBI spokesperson, R.K. Gaur said here today.

The 1992-batch Indian Revenue Service officer allegedly amassed disproportionate assets to the tune of ₹6.79 crore between 2008 and 2017, he said.

The officer is facing CBI probe in another disproportionate assets case.

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