Staff Reporter,
Guwahati, September 30: The central bureau of investigation (CBI) has arrested the Goods & Service Tax (GST) commissioner (Appeals) along with another person on graft charges in Guwahati, Assam on Thursday. The accused have been identified as Raju Shaktivel and the other man identified as Mahavir Jain. As per official, the CBI received the case following a complaint against commissioner and three middlemen from a businessman who had executed a construction work related to the North East Frontier Railway and raised bills. The Additional Commissioner of Central Goods & Service Tax (Dibrugarh) had raised a demand of service tax amounting to Rs. 48,43,034, official added. The complainant preferred an appeal before the Commissioner against the adjudication order. It was further alleged that during one of the hearings of the said appeal, the Commissioner demanded a bribe of Rs. 4,50,000 through middlemen, which was further negotiated to Rs. 3.83 lakh to settle the matter, official claimed. Following the complaint, CBI laid a trap and caught a middleman (Private Person), while accepting a bribe of Rs. 3.83 lakh on behalf of said Commissioner (an IRS Officer). The Commissioner was also caught. Searches were conducted at the premises of the accused which led to recovery of incriminating materials. Both the arrested accused will be produced before the Competent Court, officials added.
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