Bhubaneswar: The CBI has arrested the accused Superintendent of Central GST & Central Excise, Berhampur for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 from the complainant for processing his GST refund.
According to an official press release of the CBI, a case was registered by CBI on last Tuesday based on the complaint against the said Superintendent of Central GST & Central Excise, Berhampur.
It was alleged that the accused demanded a bribe of Rs 20,000 from the complainant on the ground that the accused had earlier processed a refund of GST amounting to Rs 1.77 lakh to the complainant and on the ground of smoothly processing another GST refund of nearly Rs 3 lakh to the complainant.
The CBI laid a trap and accused Superintendent of Central GST & Central Excise, Berhampur, District Ganjam, Odisha was arrested by CBI from the Office of Asstt. Commissioner, Central GST & Central Excise, Berhampur, district Ganjam, when he was caught red-handed while accepting the first instalment of bribe amount of Rs 15,000, out of the total demanded bribe amount of Rs 20,000, from the complainant.
Searches were conducted at the residential and official premises of the accused at Berhampur and Bhubaneswar which led to recovery of incriminating documents.
The CBI has said that the accused is being produced before the Court of Ld. Special Judge for CBI Cases at Bhubaneswar today.
Further investigation into the matter is continuing.
