ACB Gujarat traps CGST Superintendent in bribe case

Mahesana: Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Gujarat has nabbed a Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Superintendent in a bribe case involving the sum of Rs. 4,000.

According to ACB, the accused Ravishankar Joshi is 39 years old and functions as a class-2 officer in the CGST office on the post of Superintendent at Sardar complex in Mahesana. The accused was held accepting a bribe at the CGST office itself today.

A note shared by ACB further informs that the complainant had a GST number for his shop. He had received a notice for cancellation of his GST number, following which he visited the GST office and met with the accused officer with a request to restore the GST number. The accused officer demanded Rs. 5,000 bribe for the task. The bribe amount, after some discussion, was finally fixed at Rs. 4,000.

As the complainant was not willing to pay a bribe, he contacted ACB, following which a trap was arranged and an accused was held today while receiving a bribe of Rs. 4,000 at his office. DeshGujarat