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I-T official makes bogus entries for Rs 2.38 crore, booked by CBI
An office superintendent of income tax appellate tribunal, who allegedly caused a wrongful loss to the tune of Rs 2.38 crore through fictitious return entries using bogus TDS and refund claims, was booked by the Central Bureau of Investigation. The agency booked the official, who was working as senior tax assistant in non-corporate circle in Chennai, after receiving complaint from the department.
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The anti-corruption branch, Chennai, of the CBI booked office superintendent Babu Prasath Kumar for criminal conspiracy, cheating and criminal misconduct by public servant based on a compliant from Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, Non-Corporate Circle, Chennai. The wrongful loss to the I-T department was wrongful gain to the accused officer and his associates, it added.
Babu Prasath Kumar, who earlier worked as senior tax assistant in the erstwhile Non-Corporate Circle from June 4, 2015, to August 31, 2019, allegedly entered into the criminal conspiracy with unknown public servant and private persons to cheat the Income Tax department in the matter of refunds.
The suspect has also allegedly made fictitious return entries with bogus TDS causing wrongful loss to the tune of Rs 2.38 crore to the Income Tax department and corresponding wrongful gain to himself and others.
The CBI further noted that acts of Babu Prasath Kumar and other unknown public servants prime facie constituted commission of offence punishable under section 120 B and 420 of Indian Penal code along with provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act.
Customs official under scanner for DA worth Rs 1.4 cr
The Central Bureau of Investigation has booked a Customs appraiser and his wife for acquiring Rs 1.4 crore worth assets disproportionate to their known source of income.Â
In its FIR, the agency cited V Munuswamy, appraiser, Customs House, Rajaji Salai, and his wife M Vimala as accused in the case booked under Prevention of Corruption Act, for enriching himself illicitly during the period of his office and in possession of pecuniary resources of property disproportionate to known source of income.Â
The CBI team has taken his income details from 1 January 2011, when he was as senior tax assistant to 18 November 2019, after he was booked for allegedly receiving Rs 40,000 as bribe for clearing a consignment.Â
At the beginning of the check period, his asset was Rs 9.38 lakh. But at the end of the check period, it went up to a whopping Rs 2.08 crore. Of this, assets worth Rs 1.4 crore are disproportionate to his known sources, the CBI said in its FIR.Â
The CBI has gone through their bank account, asset details including land, buildings, vehicles, LIC polices, and vehicles among others before finalising the disproportionate assets owned by Munuswamy and his wife. Â
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