CBI case against BSNL officers for leaking info
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered a case against senior income tax and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) officers and others under the Official Secret Act, after it found the agency’s surveillance request for alleged corrupt IT officers was leaked from BSNL office in Assam.
The case has been registered against senior Indian Revenue Service officer Dhrubajyoti Ray, Joint Commissioner Income Tax at Silchar in Assam, Abhijit Das, Deputy General Manager at BSNL in Silchar, DC Tikadar and Siddhartha Deb Ray, a businessman.
The agency filed a regular case after preliminary enquiry into the matter on February 17 this year. It was alleged that the CBI director, through the Superintendent of Police, sent letters to the nodal officers of the respective service providers for mounting telephonic surveillance of mobile numbers of Dhrubajyoti Ray and other income tax officers for the purpose of getting actionable inputs on the alleged corrupt activities. The letter was sent after getting necessary permission from the Ministry of Home Affairs.
The agency found that the request for telephonic surveillance was sent to the general manager of BSNL in Guwahati.
During enquiry, it was found that after receiving the mail, Das made a call to a businessman Siddhartha Deb and …read more
