CBI arrests two Income Tax officers

CBI today arrested Principal Commissioner of Income Tax, Thiruvananthapuram, Shailendra Mamidi and another IT official for demanding and accepting Rs 10 lakh as bribe from a jeweller for doing a favour.

Income Tax officer, Sharat, was the other accused arrested.

The two had demanded bribe from the jeweller for doing a favour. They have been produced before the CBI court here, CBI sources here said.

Shailendra Mamidi, a native of Andhra Pradesh, had been transferred to the state capital only six months ago from Chennai.

The arrests were made based on specific information, the sources said.