CBI arrests assistant IT commissioner of Ahmedabad in bribery case

Ahmedabad: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday arrested Vivek Johri, the Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, Ahmedabad in connection with a bribery case that has been under investigation.

CBI had registered the instant case on 12.10.2022 against the Additional Commissioner, Income Tax, Ahmedabad on the request of the Gujarat government and further notification from the Government of India related to bribery of Rs 30 lakh.

It was alleged that the Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax had helped the Additional Commissioner escape from his office during a trap operation conducted by the Gujarat State Anti-Corruption Bureau on 04.10.2022. Before escaping, the Additional Commissioner allegedly gave two mobile phones to Johri, who later threw them into the Sabarmati River on the instructions of the Additional Commissioner. Both phones were subsequently recovered from the river with the help of divers and other agencies equipped with SONAR technology.

The arrested individual was brought before the CBI Special Court in Ahmedabad and remanded in police custody until Monday. DeshGujarat