HYDERABAD: A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) rank officer was allegedly caught accepting a bribe from an accused in the Commercial Tax funds scam in Bodhan of Nizamabad district. In an interesting development, senior Crime Investigation Department (CID) officials have responded by keeping a close tab on their own staff rather than the accused.
A day after the Director General of Police (DGP) Anurag Sharma issued orders of suspending DSP Vijay Kumar for accepting the bribe from the accused - Commercial Tax officers and rice mills owners in a case of evading Tax, the CID chalked out this plan.
The Additional Director General of Police (ADG) of CID, Govind Singh, told Express that an internal inquiry has revealed that DSP Vijay Kumar was offered the bribe to divert the investigation in the commercial tax case that took place in Bodhan.
The CM who retained the Commercial Tax portfolio noted major irregularities in the Commercial Tax office of Bodhan in Nizamabad after officers and consultants allegedly colluded to pilfer `400 crore.
The CID found assistant commercial taxes officer Vijay Kumar, senior assistants Venugopala Swamy, Naga Raju, and junior assistant, Hanuman Singh and others were involved.