The CBI today arrested a GST commissioner along with eight others in an alleged bribery case. (Picture used for representational purpose)
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Goods and Services Tax (GST) Commissioner Sansar Chand, posted in Kanpur, along with eight others in a bribery case, PTI quoted agency sources as saying. As per ANI, CBI has also registered an FIR against Sansar’s wife in the case.
As per PTI, Sansar Chand, a 1986-batch Indian Revenue Service officer, posted as the commissioner, two superintendents of the department, one personal staff and five private people were nabbed by the CBI in a late-night operation spread across Kanpur and Delhi. Sources told PTI that it’s alleged that the commissioner was a “habitual” offender, taking bribes from businessmen on monthly and weekly basis, and it was during one such collection of Rs 1.5 lakh last night that he was nabbed.
The man who allegedly gave the bribe has also been taken into custody, a source told PTI.
(With PTI inputs)