NAGPUR: The Anti-Corruption Wing of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Nagpur branch, seized cash Rs13.25 lakh from the office and residence of joint commissioner, Central GST, Mukul Patil along with 40 tola gold coins, details of several properties and a bank locker, during searches after his arrest on Thursday for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs4 lakh. Chartered accountant Hemant Rajandekar too was arrested along with Patil.
On Friday, Patil and Rajandekar were remanded to CBI custody till March 7 after being produced before the special court. CBI had argued for five days remand. Two diaries with code words have been recovered from the office of Rajandekar at Ajni Square, where the CBI nabbed him red-handed taking the amount on behalf of Patil, said a source. Decoding the contents of the diaries may lead to several other scams in the Central GST office. Rajandekar operated from the premises of VR Inamdar and Company at Ajni Square.
