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CBI has registered a case against nine senior Income Tax officials including Principal Commissioner Income Tax, Delhi S K Mittal and three others for allegedly indulging in corrupt practices.
CBI sources said, the investigating agency carried out searches at 17 locations including Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and Khammam.
They said, residential and official premises of the officials and a chartered accountant Sanjay Bhandari were searched and documents of properties were recovered.
It is alleged that these officials were availing favours including stay at five star hotels and flight travel at the expense of the chartered accountant and helping him in the cases of his clients.
The present case stemmed from another case registered by the agency last year.
During the probe, CBI found a deep rooted nexus between Bhandari and senior Income Tax officials who were allegedly giving favourable reports for his clients