Overview

• The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Deputy Commissioner Vijayendra and chartered accountant Dinesh Kumar Agarwal for allegedly sabotaging the faceless income tax assessment scheme.
• The accused are charged with leaking confidential assessor details and soliciting bribes in exchange for favorable rulings in high-value tax cases.
• Nine individuals, including two Income Tax Inspectors and five chartered accountants, have been named in the case, with further investigations ongoing.
• The faceless tax assessment scheme, introduced in 2019, aimed to increase transparency by eliminating direct taxpayer-officer interactions to curb corruption.
• CBI raids conducted in February across multiple states recovered incriminating documents, evidence of bribe payments, and digital communications linking the accused to the scheme.