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CBI registers case against Mumbai top customs official
New Delhi, Mar 04: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against Mumbai Commissioner of Customs (Investigation) Yuvraj Gupta on charges of possessing assets worth Rs 30 lakh disproportionate to his known sources of income.
New Delhi, Mar 04: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against Mumbai Commissioner of Customs (Investigation) Yuvraj Gupta on charges of possessing assets worth Rs 30 lakh disproportionate to his known sources of income.
The CBI spokesman said here today that the case has been registered at the special court in Mumbai against Gupta for acquiring movable and immovable assets to the tune of Rs 66.19 lakh, allegedly indulging in corrupt practices.
The worth of assets might also increase after the investigation which was still going on, the official said. Accused Gupta, a 1972 batch Indian Revenue Service Officer, had been posted in the settlement wing of the customs department at Mumbai for the past several years.
Searches at his residential and official premises in the capital, Mumbai and Meerut revealed that the accused possessed a flat in up-market Vasant Kunj here, some acres of land in Meerut and an export firm in his wife`s name. The accused had opened the export firm as a front to invest the black money at Shivaji Marg in the capital, the CBI official said. The Vasant Kunj flat, having five airconditioners and intricate woodwork, has been rented out to a company as a guest house.
The investigation so far revealed that accused had invested more than Rs 49 lakh in the names of his family members in banks, fixed deposits and shares. The accused had opened many bank accounts in the names of his family members at Meerut to deposit alleged bribe money. There are at least ten bank lockers at various banks in different places in the names of the relatives of the accused.
Five of the lockers had been opened and the rest had been sealed. The accused had also possessed three cars including an Opel Corsa, a Maruti Zen. The five lockers at Meerut and Mumbai would be opened soon and the worth of assets might also go up, according to the CBI official.
Gupta had also been found to have applied for plots at Ghaziabad and Gurgaon in Haryana. Gupta`s wife, apart from owning the export house, had also invested some money in a farming society. The accused had been booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Prevention Of Corruption Act for bribery and misappropriation of public money.
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The worth of assets might also increase after the investigation which was still going on, the official said. Accused Gupta, a 1972 batch Indian Revenue Service Officer, had been posted in the settlement wing of the customs department at Mumbai for the past several years.
Searches at his residential and official premises in the capital, Mumbai and Meerut revealed that the accused possessed a flat in up-market Vasant Kunj here, some acres of land in Meerut and an export firm in his wife`s name. The accused had opened the export firm as a front to invest the black money at Shivaji Marg in the capital, the CBI official said. The Vasant Kunj flat, having five airconditioners and intricate woodwork, has been rented out to a company as a guest house.
The investigation so far revealed that accused had invested more than Rs 49 lakh in the names of his family members in banks, fixed deposits and shares. The accused had opened many bank accounts in the names of his family members at Meerut to deposit alleged bribe money. There are at least ten bank lockers at various banks in different places in the names of the relatives of the accused.
Five of the lockers had been opened and the rest had been sealed. The accused had also possessed three cars including an Opel Corsa, a Maruti Zen. The five lockers at Meerut and Mumbai would be opened soon and the worth of assets might also go up, according to the CBI official.
Gupta had also been found to have applied for plots at Ghaziabad and Gurgaon in Haryana. Gupta`s wife, apart from owning the export house, had also invested some money in a farming society. The accused had been booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Prevention Of Corruption Act for bribery and misappropriation of public money.
Bureau Report