Feb 05, 2025 06:34 AM IST
MUMBAI: CBI books CGST officer H Kumar for ₹78.63 lakh disproportionate belongings; spouse concerned. One other case towards ex-PCDA officer S Jha for ₹83.55 lakh.
MUMBAI: The Mumbai unit of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) booked a Central Items and Providers Taxes (CGST) officer on Friday for allegedly amassing disproportionate belongings (DA) value round ₹78.63 lakh. The CBI’s anti-corruption department booked the accused official, H Kumar, superintendent, CGST (Bhiwandi Commissionerate) on receipt of a grievance from considered one of its further superintendents of police, based mostly on which an FIR was registered.
CBI books CGST officer in disproportionate belongings case
It was alleged that the accused CGST official had enriched himself illicitly in the course of the interval of June 2021 to August 2023 and his spouse had abetted within the crime. The FIR acknowledged that the accused officer was in possession of disproportionate belongings of ₹78.63 lakh, which was 358.45 per cent of his identified sources of revenue.
The accused officer was booked below related sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Corruption Act pertaining to offences of felony misconduct by a public servant and intentional illicit enrichment in the course of the interval of workplace, whereas the spouse was booked for abetment within the crime.
In a separate case, the CBI just lately booked S Jha, a former accounts officer with the Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (PCDA), Indian Navy, Mumbai, for allegedly “intentionally enriching himself illicitly” throughout a interval of his service (April 2008 to March 6, 2023). It was alleged that he was in possession of disproportionate belongings of ₹83.55 lakh, which was 58.45 per cent of his identified sources of revenue, based on the CBI.
The case was based mostly on a grievance from a CBI official who had allegedly obtained details about the accused and had verified it. PCDA is chargeable for funds, accounting and inside audit of expenditure and receipts of the Indian Navy and the Coast Guard.
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