The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested seven individuals, together with two Indian Income Service (IRS) officers, over their alleged involvement in a bribery scandal on the Santacruz Electronics Export Processing Zone (SEEPZ) in Mumbai. The operation, which commenced on Tuesday, led to the arrest of Joint Improvement Commissioner CPS Chauhan, Deputy Improvement Commissioner Prasad Varwantkar, and 5 others, together with two assistant improvement commissioners.
In keeping with officers, the accused allegedly prolonged undue favours to a bunch of middlemen in trade for financial advantages. As per the data, searches have been performed on the official and residential premises of accused at numerous areas in Mumbai which led to the restoration of paperwork of 27 immovable property paperwork and so forth. and three luxurious autos discovered on the residence of the accused JDC. In the course of the searches, the CBI additionally seized paperwork of 25 properties from Chauhan believed to be value Rs 40 crore.
In whole, round Rs 50 lakh has been seized throughout the searches on the premises of the seven suspects, with Rs 40 lakh understood to be from the premises of arrested Assistant Improvement Commissioner Rekha Nair. It was alleged that the officers posted at SEEPZ-SEZ Mumbai have been accumulating undue benefit by means of middlemen from the events performing from SEEPZ within the issues of allotment of house, disposal of imported items, sale of obligation free imported items in market with out paying obligation, favoring civil contractors in lieu of financial consideration.
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