Kolkata, July 08: In a major operation against customs officers, the CBI today raided residence and office premises of three senior officers and seized Rs 1.03 crore in cash and deposit certificates and property papers worth Rs 53 lakh. Acting on a complaint, the CBI officials swooped on the residences of two joint commissioners and one deputy commissioner and later also searched their offices at the customs house in the central districts of B B D Bag area, sources in CBI's Anti Corruption Branch (ACB) said.
The sources said the three officials were charged with unduly favouring an importer of Delhi and customs clearing house agent of Kolkata by clearing the consignment of button battery cells, imported by them through the Calcutta port during 2002.
Bureau Report