21 ViewsA group of ‘policemen’ posing as members of state GST department took a bribe of ₹10,000 through an online payment gateway after halting a truck and asking its driver for money in Kanpur. An FIR in the matter has been lodged by Naveen Darolia, the owner of a cement business. According to Darolia’s complaint, […]
CA arrested for taking Rs 26 lakh bribe in name of I-T officials
22 ViewsThe Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) arrested a chartered accountant (CA) Ankush Sareen, a resident of Ludhiana, for taking a bribe of Rs 26 lakh from a man in the name of income tax officers based in Chandigarh. Read more at : THE TIMES OF INDIA
Income tax officer gets 4 years in jail for accepting Rs 75K bribe
44 ViewsA special court on Wednesday sentenced a 53-year-old income tax officer to four years imprisonment for accepting a bribe of Rs 75,000. Preetha Babukuttan was found guilty on charges, including under the Prevention of Corruption Act. In 2015, the CBI’s Anti-Corruption Bureau booked Babukuttan on the complaint of a man running an engineering firm. […]
GST officer caught taking bribe
54 ViewsA central GST superintendent was caught red-handed by anti-corruption bureau (ACB) sleuths while accepting a bribe of Rs 1,500 from a businessman. The accused official had sought the amount from the complainant to process an online application for the GST registration number which he had been dilly-dallying for past 20 days. The ACB arrested […]
ACB books GST inspector in bribe case
94 ViewsA Gandhinagar Goods and Services Tax (GST) inspector was booked in a bribe case of Rs 2,37,000 and a middleman was caught by the Ahmedabad Anti-Corruption Bureau late Wednesday evening. The Gandhinagar GST inspector, Vipul Kanejiya, a grade 3 officer is wanted and absconding in the case. Addressing the media persons, KB Chudasma, Ahmedabad […]
Tax officials arrested by CBI in Gujarat for demanding Rs. 75,000 bribe
167 ViewsThe Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two officials of the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) at Ankleshwar in Gujarat’s Bharuch district for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs. 75,000, an official said on Sunday. The central agency arrested a superintendent and assistant commissioner of the CGST, who were produced before a […]
GST officer, CA, other middleman in Ahmedabad nabbed in bribe case by ACB Gujarat
115 ViewsAnti Corruption Bureau (ACB) Gujarat has booked the state tax officer of the State Tax department in Ahmedabad along with two middlemen including one Chartered Accountant (CA) in a bribe case involving the sum of Rs 35 thousand. The complainant runs construction business in partnership. His GST number was rejected. He had filed an […]
CBI arrests a Central GST Commissioner, a middleman in an alleged bribery case
266 ViewsThe Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested a Commissioner (Appeals) in Central GST and CE posted at Guwahati and a middleman (private person) in an alleged bribery case. A case was registered against Commissioner identified as Raju Shaktivel and three middlemen on a complaint. It was alleged that the complainant executed construction work related […]
GST scam: Two years on, Punjab VB awaits prosecution sanction against 17 officials
245 ViewsDespite numerous reminders in the past two years, the office of the financial commissioner, taxation, is yet to decide on granting prosecution sanction sought by the Punjab vigilance bureau (VB) against 17 excise and taxation officials booked in a multi-crore goods and service tax (GST) scam. The FIR was registered in August 2020 after […]