CBI said that it searched the premises of the three accused and recovered an additional Rs 43 lakh in cash and jewellery worth around Rs 90 lakh
The arrested accused was transferred from the said unit in June 2026 and is currently working in the investigation unit.
the court stated, “The police custody of accused is claimed by CBI for conducting detailed investigation regarding the involvement of other accused persons in the said crime and for investigating into the digital devices of the arrested accused and for collecting the specimen voice sample.” While granting CBI custody on Wednesday. CBI seized the electronic devices from Yadav for examination. CBI is investigating the details of Yadav’s work and access to the secret information of Benami Prohibition Unit-I of the I-T department.
Mumbai: CBI arrested income tax (I-T) inspector Subhash Yadav posted at Scindia House, which houses the I-T investigation wing in the Ballard Estate area of South Mumbai, while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 15 lakh from a complainant. CBI searched Yadav’s premises and recovered Rs 11 lakh in cash and incriminating documents from his house, according to the agency. He was remanded to two days’ CBI custody. CBI informed the remand court that Yadav did not cooperate in the investigation and gave an evasive reply about the bribe money and others involved in the case.
Yadav had allegedly demanded the money to ensure the closure of a case relating to a benami property that was pending before the department’s benami prohibition unit. CBI produced him before the court on Wednesday.