Addl IT Commissioner held in a bribery case

An Additional Income Tax Commissioner was today arrested by the Anti-corruption Bureau sleuths of Rajasthan Police for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs seven lakh from the owner of an educational institution.
Addl IT Commissioner (Range-II) B L Yadav had allegedly demanded Rs 10 lakh from complainant Dhanpat Singh, but the matter was settled at Rs 7 lakh, DSP (ACB), Sleh Mohammad told PTI.
Yadav had threatened to levy a penalty of Rs 1 crore on Singh's educational institution operational in Alwar district.
Acting on his complaint, a trap was laid and the ACB personnel caught Yadav at his office while accepting Rs 50,000 in cash and a cheque of Rs 6.50 lakh, the official said.

The IT official has been booked under relevant sections of Prevention of Corruption Act, he said, adding further probe is on.