GST employee nabbed for accepting bribe

A Superintendent at the Goods and Services Tax Division in Khanna (Punjab) has been booked by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 from a complainant. In a statement, CBI stated that a case under Section 7 of Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Act, 2018 was registered against the Superintendent.

“The complainant alleged that he is running a firm of iron trading at Mandi Gobindgarh on behalf of his maternal uncle and on July 29, 2019 the accused had detained their truck containing iron scrap material at Khanna. It was further alleged that later on, a bribe of Rs 1 lakh was demanded by the accused for releasing his truck and on the request of the complainant, the accused reduced the amount to Rs 50,000.

CBI laid a trap and caught the Superintendent, GST Division, Khanna red handed while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000 from the complainant,” the CBI said.