The CBI has announced a reward of ₹1 lakh for providing information on IRS officer Santosh Karnani who is “absconding” since October 4 after his name surfaced in a ₹30 lakh alleged bribery case, officials said on Thursday.
The central probe agency has also got a non-bailable warrant of arrest against the officer from a special CBI court as he has “not joined the investigation” after four notices from the agency, they said.
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The agency had carried out searches at 21 locations on November 19 and 21 at the premises of some relatives and others, including some Income Tax officials, which led to recovery of incriminating documents, articles and investment of ₹41.96 lakh in the form of Fixed Deposits, they said.
The documents recovered during searches are being scrutinised, they said.
The officer posted as additional Income Tax commissioner class-I in Ahmedabad had allegedly demanded ₹30 lakh bribe from builder Rupesh Bramhabhatt.
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The Income Tax Department had conducted searches at Bramhabhatt’s offices and prepared an appraisal report which was handed over to the Central Circle-1 of Ahmedabad for issuing “demand notice”, according to his complaint.
Karnani, who took over the case, allegedly demanded the bribe for not doing anything which could cause huge financial loss to the complainant, said…
