Central Bureau of Investigation, anti-corruption branch, Mumbai registered a case against Satyanarayan Vanam, office superintendent of income tax, 21(2), Pratyaksha Kar Bhavan, Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai and Mehboob Shaikh, tax consultant for demanding bribe of Rs 50,000 from a complainant for clearing his income tax returns without any scrutiny. 

Case U/s. 120-B IPC and Sec. 7, 8 of Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 was registered against Vanam, office superintendent of income tax, 21(2), Pratyaksha Kar Bhavan, Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai and Shaikh, tax consultant based on the complaint. 

The demand was verified wherein accused demanded and agreed to accept part payment of the bribe amount of Rs 20,000. Thereafter, CBI laid a trap and the accused persons were caught red handed while demanding and accepting the part payment of bribe amount of Rs 20,000 from the complainant. The accused persons are arrested and will be produced in the designated court. (Times of India)