CBI arrests superintendent, CGST & central excise, Nashik commissionerate

New Delhi, October 15
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Superintendent, CGST & Central Excise, Nashik  Commissionerate, Nashik while accepting a bribe of Rs 5 lakh from the complainant.
CBI registered the case against the said accused on allegations that the accused initially demanded undue advantage of Rs. 50 lakhs for not taking any legal action against the complainant in the IGST input matter of a private company which was subsequently reduced to Rs. 22 lakhs by him.
It was also alleged that the accused directed the complainant to deliver Rs. 5 lakh on October 14 and remaining Rs. 17 lakhs on October 17.
The CBI laid a trap and caught the accused red-handed outside his office at Nashik while accepting undue advantage of Rs. 5 lakhs from the complainant.

Searches were conducted at the residential and official premises of the accused which led to recovery of Rs. 19 lakh in cash and incriminating documents