CBI announces Rs 25,000 cash reward for info on Assistant Commissioner of Customs

JAIPUR: CBI today announced a cash reward of Rs 25,000 for any information that would lead to the arrest of Assistant Commissioner of Customs Sushil Kumar Pareek who is wanted in a case of graft.

Sleuths of the investigation agency had arrested two private custom agents earlier this month while accepting a bribe of Rs 2 lakh allegedly on behalf of customs officers, CBI inspector Narendra Singh said.

In the complaint filed with the CBI, the complainant had alleged that customs officers had demanded the bribe for release of imported goods seized in Jaipur, he said.

Search is on to nab Pareek, one of the accused in the case, who went into hiding to evade arrest, Singh said.