Senior Central excise official, wife held in graft case

A senior Central Government official and his wife were arrested on Saturday by the CBI for allegedly amassing assets disproportionate to their income.

A senior Central Government official and his wife were arrested on Saturday by the CBI for allegedly amassing assets disproportionate to their income.

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Additional Commissioner in Excise Department V K Agarwal and his wife Prameela, a head clerk in Central Railway, were apprehended from their residence in Matunga, central Mumbai, by sleuths of the agency's anti-corruption wing, CBI Joint Director R R Singh said.

"We had received a complaint against the couple in 2007. An inquiry revealed that they had unaccounted property and cash totalling Rs 45 lakh," he said.