CBI arrests U.P. CGST superintendent in bribery case
The other person arrested by the agency is a tax lawyer who was representing the complainant in the case, they said on Monday.
CGST Superintendent Nishan Singh Malli had allegedly issued a penalty notice to a businessman who controls the private company, on account of non-filing of GST returns.
Malli, who is posted in Gajrola with additional charge of Amroha in U.P., demanded ₹4 lakh in collusion with tax lawyer Amit Khandelwal from the businessman for waiving penalty on his company, they said.
"The tax advocate was representing the complainant. However, he entered into a conspiracy with superintendent, CGST, Amroha and pressured the complainant to deliver the demand of undue advantage of ₹4 lakh to the accused superintendent," a CBI spokesperson said.
The businessman approached the CBI with a complaint expressing unwillingness to pay the bribe, the spokesperson said in a statement.
The agency laid a trap during which the superintendent and the advocate were arrested red-handed taking ₹1 lakh as the first instalment of the total ₹4 lakh demanded as bribe, the statement said.
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