The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Superintendent, CGST & Central Excise, Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) for demanding & accepting bribe of Rs. 2 lakh from the complainant.
CGST & Central Excise, Bhopal, Ankur Khandelwal was arrested by the CBI team.
The CBI registered case against two superintendents of CGST & Central Excise, Arera Hills, Bhopal including Ankur Khandelwal and Chetan Saxena on complaint alleging they demanded Rs.10,00,000/- from the complainant to settle the CGST case against his (complainant) partnership firm.
The complainant negotiated with the officer who agreed to accept bribe of Rs. 2 lakh from the complainant on April 20, 2022.
The CBI laid a trap and caught the accused while accepting bribe of Rs. 2 lakh from the complainant, the official note said.
The searches were conducted at the premises of both the accused officers at Bhopal which led to recovery of incriminating documents/articles.
