CBI arrests four accused including Deputy Commissioner of Customs; A superintendent & Private persons in two separate cases

02-11-2020: The Central Bureau of Investigation has today arrested a Dy. Commissioner of Customs and an exporter in an on-going investigation of a case. CBI had registered a case on 22.12.2017 on a complaint received from Customs & Central Excise, Kolkata on the allegations that the said accused in connivance with other accused had forged export-related documents, used those documents as genuine, and obtained a huge amount of Duty Drawback against false export of Gaskets to Bangladesh in 2014 in the name of fictitious firms.

In another case, CBI has today arrested a Superintendent of Customs and a private person in an on-going investigation of a case registered earlier on the allegations of exporting and attempting to export a total 240 MTs of Red Sanders, a prohibited item valued Rs. 100 crore (approx.) through N.S. Dock, Kolkata Port in 2016. CBI had registered the said case on 23.12.2017 on a complaint received from the Customs & Central Excise, Kolkata.

All the arrested accused will be produced tomorrow before the Competent Court, Kolkata.