Officials from the CBI, Visakhapatnam Branch, caught the Superintendent, Customs House, Kakinada Port, Y. Srinivasu, for demanding and accepting the bribe from a person named P. Bharat Kumar, representative of M/s Chandra Bulk Cargo Services Private Limited, Kakinada. Both persons were intercepted while the alleged transaction was taking place and seized ₹3.18 lakh from them.
The officials registered a case against both Y. Srinivasu and P. Bharat Kumar.
During the investigation of the case, based on the confession of the accused, the CBI conducted searches and seized ₹22.74 lakh from a Customs official at Secunderabad railway station and ₹5 lakh seized from other Customs officers. Searches were conducted at the residential and office premises of the accused and incriminating documents were seized.
Both of them were arrested. The case investigation is in progress.
