Hyderabad: Superintendent, inspector of GST booked by CBI in bribery case

New Delhi [India], August 13 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday registered a case against two officers of the GST Commissionerate of Hyderabad on the allegations of bribery, the agency said in a release.
According to the release, the two accused officers are the Superintendent and Inspector working at the Principal Commissionerate of Central Tax at GST Hyderabad Commissionerate at GST Bhavan in Basheerbagh, Hyderabad.
It has been alleged in the complaint that both accused harassed and extracted Rs 5 lakhs from the complainant.
The official press release reads, "It was alleged that the accused officers threatened to impose Goods & Services Tax on the complainant for certain alleged irregularities. Further, the complainant alleged that the two accused GST officers seized the iron scrap shop of the complainant's private company and demanded and accepted Rs 5 lakh as illegal gratification on July 4, 2023. It was also alleged that the accused further demanded Rs. 3 lakhs to open the seized premises."
CBI conducted searches at two places in Hyderabad, which led to the recovery of incriminating documents.
Further investigation is being carried out.
Earlier on August 5, it was reported that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested V. Chalapathi Rao, a Proclaimed Offender (PO), on Sunday, August 4, for absconding in a bank fraud case by frequently changing his identity and locations.
In a press release, CBI stated that it had registered a case on May 1, 2002, against the said accused, a then-computer operator of SBI's Chandulal Biradari Branch in Hyderabad, on allegations that he had cheated SBI to the tune of Rs 50 lakh based on fabricated quotations of electronic shops and fake salary certificates created in the names of his family members, close associates and misappropriated the crime proceeds.
On completion of the investigation, CBI filed two chargesheets on December 31, 2004.
Meanwhile, Rao had been reported missing since 2004. His wife, who is also an accused in the above fraud case, even lodged an FIR at Kamatipura Police Station on July 10, 2004.
She had also filed a petition in the Civil Court to declare the absconding accused dead after completion of seven years after he allegedly went missing.
The case against him was split up and upon completion of the proceedings, Rao was declared a Proclaimed Offender (PO) for absconding on April 18, 2013, in the CBI case. (ANI)