{"id":10531,"date":"2017-12-08T19:17:52","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T13:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itatonline.org\/info\/?p=10531"},"modified":"2017-12-08T19:27:41","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T13:57:41","slug":"press-release-reg-suspension-of-dy-cit-for-demanding-bribe-and-harassing-taxpayer-in-scrutiny-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/press-release-reg-suspension-of-dy-cit-for-demanding-bribe-and-harassing-taxpayer-in-scrutiny-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Release Reg Suspension Of Dy CIT For Demanding Bribe And Harassing Taxpayer In Scrutiny Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Finance has issued a press release dated 8th December 2017 stating a complaint was received making serious allegations against a Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax for harassing a taxpayer in a scrutiny case with malafide intention. The officer was alleged to have demanded bribe through the taxpayer\u2019s Chartered Accountant for favourably completing the assessment. It is stated that on examination of the case records, serious lapses and irregularities were found which led credence to the allegations made against the officer. It is stated that the Department has zero tolerance to such malpractices and corruption and that pending investigation, the officer has since been placed under suspension.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Income Tax Deptt suspends an officer for harassing the taxpayer.<br \/>A complaint was recd making serious allegations against Shri D. K. Meena, Deputy Commissioner,Income Tax, posted at Surendranagar in Gujarat Region for harassing a taxpayer in a scrutiny case with malafide intention<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ministry of Finance (@FinMinIndia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FinMinIndia\/status\/939031132057636864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Income Tax Department has zero tolerance to malpractices and corruption. Pending investigation, ITax Deptt  has placed Deputy Commissioner  Surendranagar D. K. Meena, under suspension for harassing a taxpayer in a scrutiny case with malafide intention.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O40PbuGJFR\">https:\/\/t.co\/O40PbuGJFR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ministry of Finance (@FinMinIndia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FinMinIndia\/status\/939032886803443712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"journal2\">See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itatonline.org\/info\/irs-officers-accused-by-cbi-of-corruption-appointed-chief-commissioners-of-income-tax\/\"><strong>IRS Officers, Accused By CBI Of Corruption, Appointed Chief Commissioners Of Income-tax<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.itatonline.org\/info\/cbdt-suspends-ao-for-converting-ltd-scrutiny-into-full-scrutiny-with-mala-fide-intention\/\"><strong>CBDT Suspends AO For Converting Ltd Scrutiny Into Full Scrutiny With Mala Fide Intention<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>Press Information Bureau<br \/>\nGovernment of India<br \/>\nMinistry of Finance<br \/>\n08-December-2017 12:43 IST<\/p>\n<p>Income Tax Department suspends an officer for harassing the taxpayer <\/p>\n<p>A complaint was received making serious allegations against Shri D. K. Meena, Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax, posted at Surendranagar in Gujarat Region for harassing a taxpayer in a scrutiny case with malafide intention. The officer was alleged to have demanded illegal gratification through the taxpayer\u2019s Chartered Accountant for favourably completing the assessment. The audio recordings of conversations were also received which, inter alia, mention the bribe amount being demanded by the officers of the Department for settling the case.<\/p>\n<p>In order to verify the veracity of the allegations, case records were requisitioned immediately by the Vigilance Directorate of CBDT. On examination of the case records, serious lapses and irregularities were found which led credence to the allegations made against the officer. The matter is under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The Department has zero tolerance to such malpractices and corruption. Pending investigation, the officer has since been placed under suspension.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Finance has issued a press release dated 8th December 2017 stating a complaint was received making serious allegations against a Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax for harassing a taxpayer in a scrutiny case with malafide intention. The officer was alleged to have demanded bribe through the taxpayer\u2019s Chartered Accountant for favourably completing the assessment. It is stated that on examination of the case records, serious lapses and irregularities were found which led credence to the allegations made against the officer. It is stated that the Department has zero tolerance to such malpractices and corruption and that pending investigation, the officer has since been placed under suspension<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/press-release-reg-suspension-of-dy-cit-for-demanding-bribe-and-harassing-taxpayer-in-scrutiny-case\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-information","category-others"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10531\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itatonline.org\/info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}