Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested  two accused including a Senior Indian Revenue Service Officer of 2007 batch, presently posted as Additional Director General, Directorate of Taxpayer Services, New Delhi and a private  person for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 25 lakh as part payment of total demanded bribe of Rs. 45 lakh from the complainant. 

A case was registered by CBI on  31.05.2025 against said accused on allegations that accused public servant demanded illegal gratification of Rs. 45 lakh from the complainant in exchange for extending favourable treatment. The demand was accompanied by threats of legal action and harassment in case of non-compliance.

CBI laid a trap and caught accused private person red-handed while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs. 25 lakh from the complainant  on  behalf of accused public servant  at the public servant’s residence in Mohali.  Accused public servant was also apprehended from his residence in Vasant Kunj, New Delhi. Later, both accused were arrested and will be produced  before  Competent Court.

Searches are being conducted by CBI at multiple locations across Delhi, Punjab, and Mumbai.

Investigation is continuing.

Bribe demand and acceptance: Two accused including a senior tax officer arrested; criminal investigation and searches ongoing nationwide. Allegations concern a serving tax department officer and an associate accused of demanding and receiving illegal gratification in exchange for favourable treatment; part payment was received. Investigators conducted a trap in which the intermediary was caught accepting payment on behalf of the public servant, the public servant was apprehended, both were arrested for production before a competent court, and searches across multiple jurisdictions are ongoing as the investigation continues.