Income tax commissioner, five others arrested in bribery case; over Rs 1.5 crore seized

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials on Wednesday arrested Commissioner of Income tax (Appeals), Mumbai, along with five others in a bribery case.

The agency has seized more than Rs 1.5 crore from accused persons so far.

A CBI official without divulging exact details of the case said that accused was nabbed red handed accepting a bribe of Rs 19.34 lakh.

Coincidentally, Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) BB Rajendra Prasad and others will be produced in a court in Vishakhapatnam on Wednesday.  "We will be seeking their transit remand and will produce them before a court in Vishakhapatnam," said a CBI official.