CBI books 2 Hyderabad GST officials for bribery
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered a case against a Superintendent and an Inspector working at the office of Principal Commissionerate of Central Tax, GST Hyderabad Commissionerate for allegedly harassing and extorting Rs.5 lakh from a man.
As per the complainant, the accused officers threatened to impose GST on him for certain alleged irregularity. “Further, he alleged that the GST officers seized his iron scrap shop, demanded and accepted Rs.5 lakh as illegal gratification and demanded another Rs.3 lakh to open the sealed premises,” the CBI said in an official release on August 13.
