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Court won't drop bribery charges against Bangalore airport customs officers
THE Special Court of India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has rejected applications filed by Customs and Central Excise officials seeking discharge from a bribery case.
The customs men are charged with receiving bribes from clearing house agents at Kempegowda International Airport (KIAL) in Bangalore to clear files for the release of imported goods, New Delhi's New Indian Express reported.
The inspectors were also accused of demanding and accepting illegal remuneration for registration, examination, clearing of bills and passing bills of entry to enable importers to take delivery.
The accused used to work as superintendents at Menzies Aviation Bobba Air Cargo Terminal and Air India Sats at KIAL, attached to the revenue wing and import section of the Customs and Central Excise.
The accused are Superintendents V Vishweshwar Bhat, V Prem Kumar, KR Soma Sundar, SG Narasimha Swamy, N Sundaram, and Inspectors MV Srinivas and K Niranjana Murthy.
The CBI registered a case against them on March 17 last year under sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. While rejecting their applications, Judge Sadashiva S Sultanpuri for CBI cases said the prosecution had made sufficient grounds to make charges.
The customs men allegedly conspired with a senior executive of DHL logistics, V Pothurajan, and others to collect bribes from agents to clear files to release of imported goods.
The prosecution contended that the CBI recovered some cash from Mr Pothurajan, who collected it from different CHAs on the basis of the demands made by the accused.
The customs men are charged with receiving bribes from clearing house agents at Kempegowda International Airport (KIAL) in Bangalore to clear files for the release of imported goods, New Delhi's New Indian Express reported.
The inspectors were also accused of demanding and accepting illegal remuneration for registration, examination, clearing of bills and passing bills of entry to enable importers to take delivery.
The accused used to work as superintendents at Menzies Aviation Bobba Air Cargo Terminal and Air India Sats at KIAL, attached to the revenue wing and import section of the Customs and Central Excise.
The accused are Superintendents V Vishweshwar Bhat, V Prem Kumar, KR Soma Sundar, SG Narasimha Swamy, N Sundaram, and Inspectors MV Srinivas and K Niranjana Murthy.
The CBI registered a case against them on March 17 last year under sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. While rejecting their applications, Judge Sadashiva S Sultanpuri for CBI cases said the prosecution had made sufficient grounds to make charges.
The customs men allegedly conspired with a senior executive of DHL logistics, V Pothurajan, and others to collect bribes from agents to clear files to release of imported goods.
The prosecution contended that the CBI recovered some cash from Mr Pothurajan, who collected it from different CHAs on the basis of the demands made by the accused.
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