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TheCentralBureauofInvestigation(CBI)bustedabriberynexusinvolving
IncomeTaxofficials,charteredaccountantsandbusinessmen.Theagency
officialsalsoarrestedfourpeople,includingaseniorITofficer.
Actingonatipoff,CBIofficialsraidedaround16locationsinMumbaiand
Chennaiandseizedcashandothervaluables.Accordingtosources,ajoint
directoroftheITdepartmentwasarrested.Someothertopofficialsinthetwo
metropolitansarealsounderthescanner.Theymaybearrestedlater.
IntheoperationthatbeganonSaturdayacrossMumbaiandChennai,theagency
officialsarrestedjointcommissionerofIncomeTaxdepartmentinChennai
SalongYaden,charteredaccountantsSanjayandShreyasBhandariandthe
managingdirectorofaChennaibasedrealestatefirmHiteshKawad.
AccordingtotheCBI,Yadenwasnabbedredhandedwhilehewasallegedly
acceptingabribefromthecharteredaccountants.TheCBIhasregisteredacase
undervarioussectionsoftheIPCandthePreventionofCorruptionAct,1998
againstthearrestedpersons.
"Thecharteredaccountantswereworkingasmiddlemenfortherealestatefirmby
seekingfavoursfromITofficers,"aCBIofficialsaid.

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Sourcesrevealedthattheinvestigationisnotrestrictedtoaparticularfirmasthe
agencysuspectsthattherecouldbeabiggercartelofcharteredaccountantswho
workasmiddlemenforotherprivatecompanies."Itseemstobeawellorganised
cartelinvolvingmanyITofficers.Wearetryingtogetinformationtocrackdown
ontheracket,"theofficialadded.Theprobe,atalaterstage,couldwidenandIT
officialsinothercitiescouldalsocomeundertheCBIscanner.Inthe16locations
raidedsofar,theagencyhasseizedcashandornamentsworthRs
1crore,16
.
laptops,13CPUs,ninemobilephones,threeiPads,propertypapersandother
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SeveralITofficersfromChennaiandMumbaiareontheCBIradarandmore
raidsandarrestsarelikelyinthetwocities.Propertydocumentsthathavebeen
seizedarebeingexaminedtodetermineiftheycorrespondtothepropertiesgiven
asbribes.Investigatorsarealsoscanningthelaptops,iPadsandmobilephonesto
getmoregatherevidence.
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