CBI raid at RS officer locations: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday (May 31, 2025) arrested a 2007 batch senior IRS officer Amit Kumar Single and a private man Harsh Kotak for taking bribe. It is alleged that the IRS officer had sought a bribe of 45 lakhs from a complainant. In return, he was promised to give relief from the Income Tax Department and the officer threatened to have legal action, heavy fines and harassment for not giving bribe.

On Saturday (May 31), the CBI registered a case in this case and while taking a bribe of Rs 25 lakh, private man Harsh Kotak caught red -handed at the IRS officer’s house in Mohali. This amount was his first installment out of 45 lakhs. After this, the IRS officer was arrested from his house in Vasant Kunj, Delhi.

Treasure in CBI raid

After this, the CBI raided several locations in Delhi, Punjab and Mumbai related to this case. In these raids, CBI has recovered 3.5 kg of gold, 2 kg silver, Rs 1 crore cash, 25 bank accounts documents, details of a locker and papers related to the property of Delhi, Mumbai and Punjab. At present, the CBI is detecting the real value and source of all these properties.

CBI The accused presented in court, got 14 days remand

According to CBI officials, both the accused were produced in court on Sunday (June 1, 2025), from where they have been sent to judicial custody for 14 days. At present, the investigation of CBI is going on continuously and there may be more big revelations in this matter in the coming time.

It is noteworthy that the arrested IRS officer Amit Kumar Single was currently posted as Editon Director General in the Directorate of Taxpayer Services in the CR Building of ITO, Delhi.

Interpol Silver Notice CBI: The CBI has registered India’s first case in Interpol through the new platform silver notice of Interpol. Silver notice is an international alert system. Due to which agencies of different countries can share information about the properties of criminals. Its aim is to identify and take action on hidden properties, bank accounts, vehicles and business of criminals worldwide.

The silver notice is currently being run in 51 countries as a pilot project. Which will continue till November 2025. During this time every country can issue 9 silver notice. CBI, ED and NCB have sent some cases to Interpol from India.

The first case is related to property in visa fraud and Dubai

India’s first case is related to Shubham’s visa fraud and property in Dubai. The CBI issued India’s first silver notice on 23 May 2025 through Interpol against Shubham Shubham. Shubham was earlier a visa officer at a foreign embassy and he frauded a visa between September 2019 and May 2022. He used to take a bribe of 15 lakh to 45 lakh rupees from every application in exchange for getting visas. With this money, he bought 6 property worth about Rs 15.73 crore in Dubai. Earlier, the CBI had also issued a blue notice for him so that it could be found.

The second case is related to the Crypto Carncy Scam

India’s second case is related to Amit Madanlal Lakhanpal’s fake crypto currency scam. The CBI has issued another silver notice on 26 May 2025, which was done on the request of the ED. This notice is against Amit Madanlal Lakhanpal. Which launched fake crypto currency named MTC. He took an investment of about Rs 113 crore from the people. But this currency is not valid in India and he did not even take any permission from the government or RBI for this. Later he ran away with all the money and cheated people by calling himself a representative of the Finance Ministry. A red notice has already been issued against him.

Interpol alert is silver notice

According to the CBI, the silver notice will make it easier to find, confiscate and bring back the property hidden in these cases.

It is noteworthy that the silver notice is an interpol alert, which is especially designed to gather and share information related to crime. In this, other countries can ask for information related to the property of criminals, such as flat, bungalow, car, bank account, shares and business. Later, on the basis of this information, the process of seasing or seizure of the property can be started.