The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered an FIR under sections of cheating and forgery against sacked income tax commissioner S K Srivastava and conducted a raid at his house in Noida while probing allegations that the senior IRS officer backdated orders on I-T appeals to show that he had settled the cases before June 10 when was compulsorily retired.

The search operation, which started on Friday morning and continued till Saturday, took place at 13 locations in Delhi, Noida and Ghaziabad, including at Srivastava’s Pandara Road residence, his former office in Noida and, also, at the boutique his wife runs in Vasant Kunj.

It is alleged that Srivastava who was serving as commissioner, income tax (appeals), Noida passed 104 backdated orders in June, 2019. While he compulsorily retired on June 10, 2019, these orders were uploaded on the income tax business application (ITBA) between June 11 and June 13 using the RSA token to log into what is a secure system.

The orders were shown to have been dispatched on June 7, 2019, i.e. three days before he was sacked, whereas they had , in fact, been sent on June 14, 2019. Moreover, 13 of the “ backdated” orders concerned cases which did not fall under Srivastava’s jurisdiction.

The CBI has recovered jewellery worth Rs 2.47 crore, Rs 16.44 lakh in cash, watches approximately valued at Rs 10 lakh from his residence, sources said. Bank deposits to the tune of Rs 1.30 crore in the name of Srivastava and his family members were also found during the raid. Additionally, the agency recovered documents related to two immovable assets and a bank locker during the raid, sources added. The CBI also carried out searches at the residence of Amar Das whose services were used by the officer to write orders, two chartered accountants Anil Prahlad Kumar and K P Garg in Ghaziabad and Nehru Place, Delhi.

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