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CBI raids 16 locations in Mumbai andChennai, top I-T official among four heldMail Today Bureau | Mail Today | New Delhi, January 12, 2015 | UPDATED 09:17 IST

TheCentralBureauofInvestigation(CBI)bustedabriberynexusinvolvingIncomeTaxofficials,charteredaccountantsandbusinessmen.Theagencyofficialsalsoarrestedfourpeople,includingaseniorITofficer.

Actingonatipoff,CBIofficialsraidedaround16locationsinMumbaiandChennaiandseizedcashandothervaluables.Accordingtosources,ajointdirectoroftheITdepartmentwasarrested.Someothertopofficialsinthetwometropolitansarealsounderthescanner.Theymaybearrestedlater.

IntheoperationthatbeganonSaturdayacrossMumbaiandChennai,theagencyofficialsarrestedjointcommissionerofIncomeTaxdepartmentinChennaiSalongYaden,charteredaccountantsSanjayandShreyasBhandariandthemanagingdirectorofaChennaibasedrealestatefirmHiteshKawad.

AccordingtotheCBI,Yadenwasnabbedredhandedwhilehewasallegedlyacceptingabribefromthecharteredaccountants.TheCBIhasregisteredacaseundervarioussectionsoftheIPCandthePreventionofCorruptionAct,1998againstthearrestedpersons.

"ThecharteredaccountantswereworkingasmiddlemenfortherealestatefirmbyseekingfavoursfromITofficers,"aCBIofficialsaid.

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Sourcesrevealedthattheinvestigationisnotrestrictedtoaparticularfirmastheagencysuspectsthattherecouldbeabiggercartelofcharteredaccountantswhoworkasmiddlemenforotherprivatecompanies."ItseemstobeawellorganisedcartelinvolvingmanyITofficers.Wearetryingtogetinformationtocrackdownontheracket,"theofficialadded.Theprobe,atalaterstage,couldwidenandITofficialsinothercitiescouldalsocomeundertheCBIscanner.Inthe16locationsraidedsofar,theagencyhasseizedcashandornamentsworthRs.1crore,16laptops,13CPUs,ninemobilephones,threeiPads,propertypapersandotherdocuments.

SeveralITofficersfromChennaiandMumbaiareontheCBIradarandmoreraidsandarrestsarelikelyinthetwocities.Propertydocumentsthathavebeenseizedarebeingexaminedtodetermineiftheycorrespondtothepropertiesgivenasbribes.Investigatorsarealsoscanningthelaptops,iPadsandmobilephonestogetmoregatherevidence.

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