Mumbai, Oct 28: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested an Income Tax Inspector posted in the Investigation Wing, Income Tax Office, Scindia House, Mumbai, in a bribery case, the agency said in a statement. The inspector was not named in the CBI statement.

Source: CBI statement via Face2News

The CBI said it registered the case on October 27, 2026, against the Income Tax Inspector and unknown others on the basis of a complaint by a Mumbai-based person. It was alleged that the inspector demanded a bribe of Rs 20 lakh from the complainant for getting his matter, relating to a benami property and pending with the Benami Prohibition Unit of the Income Tax Department, closed. After negotiation, the accused allegedly agreed to accept a bribe of Rs 15 lakh.

The CBI laid a trap on October 27, 2026, and caught the accused red-handed while he was accepting the bribe of Rs 15 lakh from the complainant, the agency said.

Searches were conducted at the premises of the accused, which resulted in the recovery of incriminating documents and cash of Rs 11 lakh, the CBI said.

Source: Judicial Quest

The arrested accused was produced on Wednesday before the competent court at Mumbai, which remanded him to police custody for two days, till October 30, 2026, the agency said. Further investigation is in progress. The allegations in the case remain subject to investigation and judicial scrutiny.