Siliguri, Feb 27 (IANS) A Special CBI Court in Siliguri convicted and sentenced a former Central Excise department t official to rigorous imprisonment (RI) for four years with a fine of Rs 40,000 for taking a bribe of Rs 30,000 over 10 years ago, an official said. Achintya Kumar Pramanik, the then Superintendent of Central Excise, was posted at the Assistant Commissioner, Central Excise and Service Tax, Cooch Behar Division, Cooch Behar, when the CBI arrested him, said a CBI statement.The Centra…
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Ranchi, Jan 31 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a Hawaldar working in the Defence Land Unit, Ranchi, and a private person while accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 from the complainant for allowing construction on a plot “belonging to the Army”, an official said on Saturday. The CBI registered the case on Friday against accused Hawaldar Mukesh Kumar Rai, based on a complaint alleging that he demanded a bribe of Rs 5 lakh from the complainant to allow him to resume/…
New Delhi/Itanagar, Jan 22 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has carried out search operations at multiple locations across West Bengal, Manipur and Jharkhand in connection with a Rs 100-crore fake Input Tax Credit (ITC) fraud, sources in the central probe agency said.The ED, Itanagar, conducted search operations on January 20 under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 at 10 premises across West Bengal, Manipur and Jharkhand in connection with the Rs 100-crore fake ITC fraud…
Ahmedabad, Dec 29 (IANS) A Special CBI Court in Ahmedabad on Monday sentenced a Central Excise and Service Tax official to five years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI) with a fine of Rs 63 lakh in a case of possessing assets disproportionate to his source of income, an official said. The Special Court convicted and sentenced Kaushik Anvantrai Karelia, the then Appraiser/Preventive Officer, Kandla Special Economic Zone (KASEZ), presently working as Inspector, Central Excise and Service tax, Bhavnagar…