ACB arrests CGST officer for Rs 15k bribe
Udaipur: A superintendent posted at the Central GST division in Udaipur was arrested by a team of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, Rajsamand unit on Monday for allegedly accepting bribe of Rs 15,000 from a Rajsamand-based transporter.
The ACB team chased the accused's car and caught him on the Rajsamand-Udaipur border.
Additional SP, ACB (Rajsamand) Rajesh Chowdhary said the complainant had a transport company which he operated from Rajnagar. He lifted a granite consignment from a marble unit in Nathdwara on May 22 which had to be delivered through truck at Rajkot.
However, the accused, Shyam Sunder Jain, the CGST superintendent stopped the truck at Negadia toll plaza and imposed a penalty of Rs 28,204 which was duly paid online the next day, the ACB official said. Despite the payment, the accused demanded Rs 20,000 from the complainant in lieu of releasing the truck and returning the documents. The deal was struck at Rs 15,000. TNN
However, the accused, Shyam Sunder Jain, the CGST superintendent stopped the truck at Negadia toll plaza and imposed a penalty of Rs 28,204 which was duly paid online the next day, the ACB official said. Despite the payment, the accused demanded Rs 20,000 from the complainant in lieu of releasing the truck and returning the documents. The deal was struck at Rs 15,000. TNN
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