<h1>CBI Court Sentences Ex-Excise Officer and Wife to Prison in Disproportionate Assets Case; Rs 27.57 Lakh Seizure Ordered.</h1> A CBI Court in Visakhapatnam sentenced a former Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise & Customs and his wife to three years in prison and fined them Rs 2 lakh in a disproportionate assets case. The retired officer, during his tenure from July 2007 to August 2011, accumulated assets worth Rs 31.20 lakh, which were disproportionate to his income. His wife was found to have abetted the crime by allowing assets in her name. The court also instructed the CBI to initiate proceedings to confiscate properties equivalent to the disproportionate assets valued at approximately Rs 27.57 lakh.