The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday arrested two superintendents, an inspector and a tax assistant of GST & Central Excise Division, GST Bhawan, Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) for demanding and accepting bribe of ₹ 25,000 from a man for settling wrong notices sent to him about a firm registered in his name in GST, said CBI officials on Friday. The CBI officials said the arrested accused were identified as two superintendents KP Singh and Rohit Kumar Varshney, inspector Pradeep Kumar and tax assistant Sanchit Kumar. They said a case was registered on the complaint of a Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) agent against two officials of CGST, Aligarh. “After this the CBI laid a trap when tax assistant Sanchit Kumar working in CGST office took the bribe of ₹25,000 from the complainant and handed it over to inspector Pradeep Kumar. During investigation, two superintendents, an inspector and a tax assistant were caught and bribe was recovered,” informed a senior CBI official while narrating the sequence of events.

Source: Hindustan Times October 09, 2023 12:09 UTC