The CBI on Wednesday carried out searches at the Enforcement Directorate’s Ahmedabad branch after registering a case of alleged corruption against Joint Director J P Singh, a 2000 batch IRS officer of Customs and Excise wing, on the basis of a complaint received from the Directorate.It is alleged that Rs 15 crore was handed over as bribe to Singh’s father-in-law, SKS Somvanshi , a retired IRS officer of 1978 batch, by hawala dealers and tax consultants for giving relief and extending favours to suspects in two cases probed by ED.
The ED’s Ahmedabad unit was probing two important cases–Rs 2,000 crore IPL betting scandal and Rs 5,000 crore money laundering case against alleged hawala operator Afroz Fatta in which the suspects allegedly sought favours.CBI carried out searches the ED office in Ahmedabad and residences of Singh and Additional Directors Sanjay Kumar and P S Srinivas, both ED cadre officers in Ahmedabad, and Somvanshi here in Delhi.
