Chennai, The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against a senior Income Tax department official here for allegedly amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income, an agency official said.

“The CBI has registered a case against M.Krishnaswamy, commissioner of income tax now posted as director (investigation), Settlement Commission here and eight others for possession of alleged disproportionate assets to the tune of around Rs.6.1 crore,” said a CBI official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, here.

The official said searches in 14 places in Chennai, temple town Palani and other places were conducted.