Chennai: It has been five years since CBI trapped C. Rajan, additional director general of directorate of revenue intelligence (DRI), in Chennai, The lure of Rs 2 lakh and an iPad made Rajan fall a prey to CBI’s trap in March 2012.
But the complainant now says he has not got back the money and iPad from the agency. Usually CBI takes care of these things and makes sure the complainants get their money back.
There is some kind of delay in pushing the file, noted an official familiar with the case. In March 2012, Rajan, additional director general of DRI, was arrested by CBI for allegedly accepting the bribe.
Rajan was arrested after his driver Murugesan accepted Rs 2 lakh and an Ipad on his behalf, to defreeze a bank account of a Burmese national. Rajan had told the court he was ‘fixed’ because he had taken on a Korean and an Indian corporate which evaded duty worth several hundred crores of rupees. The case is still pending in the court.
“In Rajan’s case it was Rs 2 lakh. But I have not got back smaller amounts given to trap customs officers. The cases date back to 2003 and 2007. There were two cases in 2003. In one case I gave Rs 2,000 and the suspect died during trial. In the second case I gave Rs 5,000. In 2007, I gave Rs 5,000 to trap another customs official. I have not got back the money, “ noted another complainant who had sought CBI intervention to trap corrupt central government officials.
