Maharashtra: 2 GST officials, private agent arrested for Rs 20-lakh bribe in Nashik
The Mumbai unit of the Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested three persons, including two state GST officials, for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs.20 lakh in Nashik.
The accused have been identified as Somnath Dattu Page (47), a deputy commissioner, and Machhindra Vitthal Donde (55), an assistant commissioner in the State Tax (GST) office in the Nashik division. The third accused, Amit Hiraman Jadhav (36), is a private individual who allegedly acted as an intermediary.
According to ACB officials, the arrests were made after a trap was laid based on a complaint filed by a businessman who was allegedly asked to pay a bribe to expedite and settle a GST investigation against his firm.
