ACB Gujarat nabs GST Superintendent for taking Rs. 1500 bribe

Surat: Anti Corruption Burea (ACB) of Gujarat Police has trapped a Superintendent of the Central Goods and Service Tax (CGST) department in a bribe case and detained him.

According to ACB, the accused Ranjit Kumar Krishna Kumar Sah is a class-2 officer and functions as Superintendent of CGST Range-3, Division-1. His office is at the Central Excise Commissionarate office in the Nanpura area of Surat.

According to the details shared by ACB, a complainant wanted a GST registration number for his business for which he had applied online. The accused had demanded Rs. 3,000 bribe for verification of proof, positive opinion, and forwarding the report. The bribe amount was later fixed at Rs. 1500.

As a complainant was not willing to pay a bribe, he contacted ACB, following which a trap was arranged, and the accused was nabbed and detained after he received Rs. 1500 bribe. DeshGujarat