Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh): A team of Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) officers has caught an Income Tax officer accepting a bribe worth Rs 2 lakh. The accused, A.S Chandra Sekhar Reddy, was nabbed from his office in vishakhapatnam on April 29 along with the aforesaid amount and relevant incriminating documents, read a press note issued by the CBI on Wednesday.

As per the statement, the CBI's Visakhapatnam branch had received a complaint on April 29 stating that Reddy, an Income Tax officer, had demanded Rs 7.5 lakh as bribe for disposing favourably an appeal referred before the Commissioner of Income Tax.