CBI books two customs officers for amassing illegal wealth
TNN | Updated: Apr 4, 2019, 09:14 IST
Representative imagePANAJI: The CBI has filed two separate FIRs against two customs officers posted in Goa, Sudhakar Tarway and Prem Prakash Gupta, for amassing illicit wealth. Tarway is superintendent of customs and also oversees the unaccompanied baggage centre (UBC) at Sada, while Gupta is a preventive officer who has earlier worked at the UBC at the Goa airport.
The two FIRs state that Tarway and Gupta “could not satisfactorily account” for income of Rs 24.9 lakh and Rs 19 lakh, respectively, during investigation. Both are attached to the Customs House, Mormugao, and are natives of Jharkhand. Tarway also owns a flat in Vasco while Gupta had booked an apartment in Thane, Maharashtra.
The FIRs state that both the accused hail from “ordinary” families and adds that “do not have a wealthy background at all”.
Filed on March 30, the FIR against Tarway also includes his wife for abetting the offence. It states that between January 2012 and February 2019, while serving in the customs department, Tarway amassed illegal assets in his name and that of his wife Alka, “within a short span of just seven years of service”.
Tarway joined the office of the commissionerate of customs, Customs House, Mormugao Harbour, and recently got promoted as superintendent of customs.
“He (Tarway)is involved in illegal practice of showing undue favour in the matter of import and export of customs, Goa,” states the FIR that has been filed by investigating officer Girish Kumar.
Similarly, Gupta’s income was investigated between January 2011 and November 2018 period.
“During his service, he (Gupta) got many sensitive postings, which include three postings at Dabolim Airport and UBC, where recently large scale smuggling of cigarette imports was detected. It is informed that Gupta used to visit his brother in Mumbai very frequently by flight from Goa. His salary account shows huge amounts spent for his online purchases and transfers made to his family members and others, pointing towards a lavish and luxurious lifestyle adopted by him, as well as benami transactions,” states the FIR, filed by investigating officer A K Dabas.
It states that Gupta was found to have acquired all of his assets after joining government service as a public servant “and not before that”.
The two FIRs state that Tarway and Gupta “could not satisfactorily account” for income of Rs 24.9 lakh and Rs 19 lakh, respectively, during investigation. Both are attached to the Customs House, Mormugao, and are natives of Jharkhand. Tarway also owns a flat in Vasco while Gupta had booked an apartment in Thane, Maharashtra.
The FIRs state that both the accused hail from “ordinary” families and adds that “do not have a wealthy background at all”.
Filed on March 30, the FIR against Tarway also includes his wife for abetting the offence. It states that between January 2012 and February 2019, while serving in the customs department, Tarway amassed illegal assets in his name and that of his wife Alka, “within a short span of just seven years of service”.
Tarway joined the office of the commissionerate of customs, Customs House, Mormugao Harbour, and recently got promoted as superintendent of customs.
“He (Tarway)is involved in illegal practice of showing undue favour in the matter of import and export of customs, Goa,” states the FIR that has been filed by investigating officer Girish Kumar.
Similarly, Gupta’s income was investigated between January 2011 and November 2018 period.
“During his service, he (Gupta) got many sensitive postings, which include three postings at Dabolim Airport and UBC, where recently large scale smuggling of cigarette imports was detected. It is informed that Gupta used to visit his brother in Mumbai very frequently by flight from Goa. His salary account shows huge amounts spent for his online purchases and transfers made to his family members and others, pointing towards a lavish and luxurious lifestyle adopted by him, as well as benami transactions,” states the FIR, filed by investigating officer A K Dabas.
It states that Gupta was found to have acquired all of his assets after joining government service as a public servant “and not before that”.
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