The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested an Appraising officer from the Duty Drawback Section at the Air Cargo Complex, Mumbai for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a complainant.

A case was registered against an Appraising Officer under Section 7 of the PC Act, 1988 (Amended in 2018) after a complaint was filed. It was alleged that the Customs Department had put the IEC Code of the complainant under alert, because of which he was unable to export his consignment.