CBI Arrests Superintendent And An Inspector Of Central GST In Bribery Of Rs. 50,000

Pune, 29th April 2022: The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Superintendent and an Inspector, both of Central GST, Jaisingpur, District- Kolhapur (Maharashtra) in a bribery case of Rs. 50,000/-.

A case was registered on 28.04.2022 against Superintendent Mahesh Nesarikar and Inspector Amit Kumar Mishra, both of Central GST, Jaisingpur, District – Kolhapur (Maharashtra) on a complaint. It was alleged that the Superintendent Central GST, Jaisingpur demanded undue advantage of Rs. 75,000/- from the Complainant through his Tax Consultant to settle the matter regarding his service tax liability for the year 2017-18 to 2020-21. It was further alleged that both the accused negotiated the bribe amount with the complainant & his Tax Consultant and fixed the same as Rs. 50,000/-.

CBI laid the trap and the Inspector, Central GST was caught while accepting the bribe of Rs.50,000/- from the Complainant. Later, the Superintendent was also caught. Searches were conducted at the premises of both the accused at Jaisingpur and Kolhapur which led to recovery of incriminating documents.

Both the arrested accused persons are being produced today in the Court of Special Judge, Jaisingpur, District – Kolhapur.