The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday arrested a Deputy Commissioner of Income-Tax Department at Tirupati for allegedly receiving Rs.3 lakh in bribe to forgo additional tax liabilities on two doctors.
According to the CBI, the I-T officer had demanded Rs.5 lakh from the chartered accountant of the doctors to close the cases against them. He was allegedly receiving the first instalment of Rs.3 lakh at his office when a CBI team nabbed him red-handed.