<p>New Delhi: The CBI has arrested Additional Director General Amit Kumar Singhal, who was posted at the Directorate of Taxpayer Services, for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 25 lakh, officials said on Sunday.</p>.<p>Singal, a 2007-batch officer of the Indian Revenue Service, had allegedly demanded a total bribe of Rs 45 lakh. The first instalment of Rs 25 lakh was being delivered to his residence in Mohali on Saturday, they said.</p>.ED deputy director arrested in Odisha by CBI on charges of bribery, remanded in 14-day judicial custody.<p>Following a complaint regarding the alleged demand, the CBI laid a trap and arrested a private individual, Harsh Kotak, while allegedly accepting the bribe on Singal's behalf at the officer's Mohali residence, officials added.</p>.<p>"The demand for the bribe was accompanied by threats of legal action, imposition of heavy penalties, and harassment in case of non-compliance," a CBI spokesperson said in a statement.</p>.<p>Singal was arrested from his residence in Vasant Kunj, New Delhi.</p>.<p>The CBI is conducting searches at multiple locations across Delhi, Punjab and Mumbai in connection with the case.</p>
<p>New Delhi: The CBI has arrested Additional Director General Amit Kumar Singhal, who was posted at the Directorate of Taxpayer Services, for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 25 lakh, officials said on Sunday.</p>.<p>Singal, a 2007-batch officer of the Indian Revenue Service, had allegedly demanded a total bribe of Rs 45 lakh. The first instalment of Rs 25 lakh was being delivered to his residence in Mohali on Saturday, they said.</p>.ED deputy director arrested in Odisha by CBI on charges of bribery, remanded in 14-day judicial custody.<p>Following a complaint regarding the alleged demand, the CBI laid a trap and arrested a private individual, Harsh Kotak, while allegedly accepting the bribe on Singal's behalf at the officer's Mohali residence, officials added.</p>.<p>"The demand for the bribe was accompanied by threats of legal action, imposition of heavy penalties, and harassment in case of non-compliance," a CBI spokesperson said in a statement.</p>.<p>Singal was arrested from his residence in Vasant Kunj, New Delhi.</p>.<p>The CBI is conducting searches at multiple locations across Delhi, Punjab and Mumbai in connection with the case.</p>