CBI arrests two Income Tax officers

Thiruvananthapuram: CBI Thursday arrested Principal Commissioner of Income Tax, Thiruvananthapuram, Shailendra Mamidi and another IT official for demanding and accepting Rs 10 lakh as bribe from a jeweller for doing a favour.

Income Tax officer, Sharat, was the other accused arrested.

The two had demanded bribe from the jeweller for doing a favour. They have been produced before the CBI court here, CBI sources here said.

Shailendra Mamidi, a native of Andhra Pradesh, had been transferred to the state capital only six months ago from Chennai.

The arrests were made based on specific information, the sources said.