A former Assistant Commissioner of Income tax convicted by the special CBI court for demanding and accepting bribe from an assessee and sentenced him to five years’ rigorous imprisonment.
According to CBI, accused Rajeev Kumar demanded Rs 25,000 from the complainant in March 1998 to settle a tax claim for year 1995-1996.
The CBI filed the chargesheet in 2000 after he was booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act.