- CGST Superintendent Mohit Pratap Singh caught taking Rs 8 lakh bribe
- Bengaluru Lokayukta conducted sting operation at Kendriya Sadan, Koramangala.
- Bribe demanded to close false complaint and settle pending GST dues.
In a shocking incident, a GST officer was allegedly caught taking a bribe in a sting operation carried out by the Bengaluru City Lokayukta. The Central GST Superintendent has been identified as Mohit Pratap Singh, South Division-4, South Commissionerate. According to the Lokayukta, Singh allegedly demanded the bribe from a businessman in connection with pending Central GST dues and to close what was claimed to be a false complaint against him.
The complainant, Syed Zameer, alleged that the accused, Singh, demanded an Rs 8 lakh bribe for closing a “false complaint” against him in connection with the pending Central GST dues.
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How did the matter come to light
After receiving the complaint, Bengaluru City Lokayukta officials laid a trap and allegedly caught Singh while accepting the money through a mediator. The Lokayukta said a private individual, named Salman Sheikh, allegedly acted as a mediator in the transaction and has also been named as an accused in the case.
Officials said the bribe was allegedly accepted inside Singh's chamber at Kendriya Sadan in Koramangala, where the trap operation was carried out. A case has been registered under Section 7A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, as amended in 2018.The Lokayukta said further investigation is underway.
Separate Incident
In a similar incident, a DySP rank officer of the Kerala police had been arrested by Vigilance officials following a dramatic chase after he allegedly accepted a bribe of Rs 50,000 at his house in Cherthala. A senior vigilance official said that the officer, Anil Kumar, jumped from the first floor of his house to the ground and ran away on seeing the VACB officialsand officials and was apprehended after a chase.
Kumar had allegedly sought a bribe of Rs two lakh from the owner of a waste removal vehicle, which was seized by police recently. The officer demanded money to release the vehicle, the vigilance official said.
He asked the owner to give Rs 50,000 as an advance at his residence, the vigilance official said.
Thereafter, the vehicle owner lodged a complaint with the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB), and they followed him to Kumar’s home.
As he accepted the bribe, the officer saw the VACB officials, ran into his house and then jumped from the first floor in his attempt to escape, the official said.