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Rampant digital extortion at Chhatrapathi Shivaji Maharaj International Terminal Mumbai

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Rampant digital extortion at Chhatrapathi Shivaji Maharaj International Terminal Mumbai

Rampant digital extortion at Chhatrapathi Shivaji Maharaj International Terminal Mumbai

Rampant digital extortion at
Chhatrapathi Shivaji Maharaj International Terminal Mumbai

The CBI recorded the statement of Joshi whose Gpay account received over ₹17 lakh from international travellers, only to be transferred to Alok’s accounts. The money was later used to make hotel and flight bookings of senior IRS officials posted at the airport and their family members, the CBI probe revealed.

When the CBI was raiding Joshi’s residence, an airport customs hawaldar called to confirm the extortion amount of ₹17,000 received on Gpay for a customs officer posted at the airport.

Mumbai Airport Chief Commissioner Roopam Kapoor and Central Intelligence Unit commissioner Ranjit Kumar refused to answer calls and messages on detailed queries about the complaints of corruption and extortion.
Others too seemed to.be involved in the racket

Fearing reprisal from the customs commissioner, a customs officer on condition of anonymity, revealed that no vigilance is kept on officials posted at the airport. A selected few officers are posted in the lucrative Air Intelligence Unit and the Protocol batch by senior IRS officers to run an organised syndicate of digital extortion.

The CBI remand application to the special CBI court states that many senior customs officers are involved in the racket.

News Input K.V.Raman

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