CBI registers cases against two Central Excise inspectors and others

The CBI said it had received complaint was from Mohammed Multani, a resident of Narayankhed in Sangareddy district, accusing the two Customs inspectors as well as an officer a bank and others of demanding a bribe from him.

It was alleged that the Customs officials demanded and accepted a bribe of `50,000 for customs clearance of the complainant and his family who arrived at Hyderabad from Jeddah.

According to the complainant, when he returned from Umrah from Saudi Arabia, along with his six family members, on October 5, 2024, a customs officer demanded an invoice for the gold that his daughter was wearing.

“When I could not submit the invoice, the official seized my daughter’s passport and asked me to get it released after showing him the invoice,” the complainant said.

“As my daughter was wearing 30 grams of gold in the form of a chain and bracelet, the customs officials asked me to pay a fine of `1.59 lakh or pay them `50,000 as bribe and leave the airport,” the complainant told the CBI. “I went to a nearby ATM and withdrew `50,000 cash and handed it over to the customs officials,” he said adding that the officials had snatched a 10-gram gold chain from him.

The CBI said it had conducted searches at five places in Hyderabad, Muzaffarpur (Bihar) and Mansa (Punjab) which led to recovery of `4.76 lakh cash and incriminating documents.