CBI books income tax addl. commissioner for graft Vivek Batra’s assets found to be nearly five times his known sources of income

 

ANN NEWS DESK 

 

 

Mumbai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday registered a case against an Additional Commissioner with the Mumbai office of the Income Tax department for allegedly possessing assets disproportionate to his income. This is the second case against senior Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Vivek Batra, who was booked by the CBI for a similar offence in 2005.

 

 

 

 

 

 

According to CBI sources, Mr. Batra, who is Additional Commissioner (TDS), was found to possesses assets that were 473.72% more than his known sources of income. The investigative agency had begun its investigation into this in April.

 

 

 

 

 

The complainant told the police he was asked to resign in 2023. When he refused, the accused locked up his family in the servant quarters, and the Delhi police had to intervene to rescue them.

 

 

 

 

 

Batra and his wife were earlier booked in 2023 for allegedly cheating a Lower Parel-based trader of ₹50 lakh. Earlier in 2017, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had also booked the duo for having disproportionate assets worth ₹6.79 crore.