CBI arrests IRS officer JP Singh for bribery

CBI has arrested J P Singh, former Joint Director in Enforcement Directorate, who was facing the agency’s probe for allegedly receiving bribe from accused in IPL cricket-betting scam investigated by him. He is a 2000-batch IRS officer of the Customs and Excise wing, was being probed by CBI on the basis of a complaint received from the ED. He has now moved to his parent cadre as Commissioner, Customs and Excise wing, of Indian Revenue Service.