Delhi, Dec 31: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday busted a bribery racket in the office of Central Goods & Services Tax, (CGST) Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh during an operation.
A Deputy Commissioner(IRS-C&IT),Two Superintendents, an Advocate and and a private company owner, were arrested in this connection, said a release issued by the CBI.
The release read, the CBI registered a case on 30.12.2025 against the Deputy Commissioner (IRS-C&IT 2016); Two Superintendents, all posted at CGST, Jhansi;an Advocate; Owners of private companies and unknown others on the allegation of demand of undue advantage of Rs. 1.5 crore for favouring the private firms in GST evasion matters.
The accused have been identified as Prabha Bhandari (IRS-C&IT 2016), Deputy Commissioner; CGST, Jhansi; Anil Tiwari, Superintendent, CGST, Jhansi; Ajay Kumar Sharma, Superintendent, CGST, Jhansi; Raju Mangtani, owner of M/s Jai Durga Hardware and Naresh Kumar Gupta, an Advocate.
The CBI laid a trap and caught two accused Superintendents red-handed while accepting the Bribe amount of Rs. 70 lakh at the behest of the accused Deputy Commissioner, CGST Jhansi. Both the Superintendents and Deputy Commissioner of CGST; an Advocate andOwner of a Private Company were arrested.
Subsequent searches conducted led to recovery of approx. Rs. 90 Lakh in cash, several property documents and huge Jewellery/bullion. Searches are still continuing and further investigation continues. Total cash seized so far is approx Rs. 1.60 Crore, the release added.
