Andhra Pradesh: CBI nabs CGST Inspector trapped in 3.2 lakh bribery case in Tirupati

An Inspector of the Central GST who demanded and accepted bribe from a businessman was nabbed in a trap by the CBI officials in Tirupathi

Hyderabad: Officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested a CGST Inspector of Tirupati GST Commissionerate alongwith representative of a Chittoor-based private firm for demanding and accepting Rs. 3.2 lakh as bribe from accused representative of the said private firm.

The bureau registered a case on Tuesday against four accused persons including the Assistant Commissioner, Superintendent & Inspector from the office of the Commissioner of Central Tax, Tirupati GST Commissionerate, Tirupati and a Representative of Chittoor based private firm and unknown public and private persons on allegations of demanding and bribing of public servants for showing undue favours.

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It was alleged that officials in connivance with each other, were inspecting the premises of various establishments, firms, companies etc. and collecting various documents. Subsequently, they were allegedly calling the owners of the firms to attend CGST Office, Tirupati and demanding illegal gratification in order to show undue favours to them.  On November 5, the accused Inspector visited the premises of a firm alongwith other officials and collected documents, about which he informed accused Assistant Commissioner and accused Superintendent.  Further, the accused Inspector demanded Rs. 10 lakh from the representative of Chittoor based private firm to settle the matter of the firm allegedly found to be working from the premises of another firm.

The CBI laid a trap and accused Inspector and accused representative of the said private firm were intercepted on Tuesday while the transaction of bribe took place between them and the bribe amount of Rs. 3.2 lakh was recovered from the said Inspector. The Inspector and a representative of Chittoor based private firm have been arrested.

They will be produced before the Hon’ble Special Judge for CBI Cases, Kurnool on Wednesday. Searches are being conducted in Tirupati and Kadapa at the residential and office premises of the accused and certain incriminating documents have been recovered so far, a bureau press release said.