The Central Bureau of Investigation ( CBI ) has arrested two Superintendents posted at the GST office, Pune (Maharashtra) for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs. One lakh from the complainant.
A case has been registered against the two Superintendents of GST, Pune u/s120-B of IPC and Section 7 of PC Act, 1988 (as amended in 2018) on a complaint. It was alleged in the complaint that both the accused demanded a bribe of Rs. Three lakh from the complainant for settling the Service Tax liability for the Financial Year 2016-17. CBI laid a trap and caught the accused red handed while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs. One lakh from the complainant, as the first installment of the total bribe amount of Rs. Three lakh.
Searches were conducted at the office and residential premises of both the accused at Pune. During the searches, documents regarding the acquisition of moveable and immovable properties, gold jewellery, cash, computer hard disks and other incriminating documents were recovered.
Both the arrested accused were produced last day before the Special Judge, CBI Cases, Pune.
In January, the Anti-Corruption Bureau had arrested two officers of the Goods and Service Tax Department, Srinagar for demanding and accepting a bribe from an industrialist for issuing a clearance certificate. Reportedly, the accused, namely Imtiyaz Ahmad Wani, a Multi-Tasking Worker and Priveen Kumar Loomba, a Superintendent in GST Department, Government of India, located at Bishamber Nagar Srinagar, were demanding and accepting the bribe amount of Rs 4,000 from the complainant Mansoor Ahmad Shayir, proprietor of M/s Reliable Silks, located at Chowdrey Bagh Rainawari.
