Ahmedabad, August 21: A CBI court in Ahmedabad has sentenced Jarnail B. Singh, an Income Tax Officer (OSD) from the Joint/Addl. Commissioner’s office, to three years of rigorous imprisonment for his involvement in a bribery case. The court also imposed a fine of ₹20,000 on him.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered the case on February 22, 2013, after receiving a complaint that Singh demanded a bribe of ₹10,000 from the complainant to issue a certificate for tax exemption under Sections 11 and 80G of the Income Tax Act for the ‘Shri Lekha Vividhalakshmi Charitable Trust.’
The CBI caught Singh red-handed while accepting the bribe of ₹10,000 from the complainant. He was arrested on the same day, and the CBI filed a chargesheet on October 31, 2013. Following the trial, the court found him guilty and pronounced the sentence on August 21, 2026.
In a separate case, the CBI in Visakhapatnam has filed a case against a private company in Vijayawada, its four directors, and unidentified government officials for allegedly defrauding the Union Bank of India of ₹24.81 crores.
This FIR was registered on August 18 based on a written complaint from Chinari Srikanth Patro, Assistant General Manager at the Union Bank of India, Vijayawada zonal office. The first accused is Omkara Vijayalakshmi Strips Private Limited, with its directors—Kota Bhanu Prasad, Kota Shravani, Kota Prithvi Venkata Teja, and Kota Rahul Sai Balaji—listed as the second to fifth accused. Unidentified government employees and other individuals are also implicated.
According to the FIR, the company was established in 2017 and manufactures electronic resistance welded (ERW) galvanized pipes and other steel products. The FIR alleges that during 2024, the directors conspired with unidentified government employees and private individuals to approach the Surya Rao Peta branch of the Union Bank of India. They attempted to transfer their loan from Karur Vysya Bank to Union Bank by submitting false financial statements and other documents.
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