Overview

• Deputy Commissioner Vijayendra R and chartered accountant Dinesh Kumar Agarwal were arrested for allegedly conspiring to sabotage the Faceless Tax Assessment Scheme.
• The accused are alleged to have leaked confidential information, including assessor identities and case details, to solicit bribes in high-value tax cases.
• The Faceless Scheme, introduced to curb corruption by anonymizing tax assessments, is a key reform aimed at reducing human interface and discretion in tax proceedings.
• CBI searches on February 6 across 18 locations in six states recovered incriminating documents, evidence of bribe payments, and digital records.
• The investigation, initiated after a complaint from the Income Tax Department, is ongoing with the accused now before the jurisdictional court for further proceedings.