The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two Superintendents & three Inspectors of CGST posted in Jabalpur in a bribery case of Rs. 7,00,000.
Name of the arrested accused:
i) Kapil Kamble, Superintendent, CGST, Jabalpur (also named in FIR)s
ii) Somen Goswami, Superintendent, CGST, Jabalpur.
iii) Veerendra Jain, Inspector, CGST, Jabalpur
iv) Vikas Gupta, Inspector, CGST, Jabalpur
v) Pradeep Hazari, Inspector, CGST, Jabalpur
CBI has registered a case on complaint against a Superintendent, CGST, Jabalpur (MP) on the allegations of demanding bribe of Rs. 1,00,00,000 for issuing release order of a factory. It was further alleged that the factory premises were earlier raided and sealed in May-2023 by said Superintendents and other officials of CGST, Jabalpur.
After negotiation, the alleged bribe was reduced to Rs. 35,00,000. It has also been alleged that the Complainant handed over Rs. 25,00,000 to said Superintendent and requested to give some more time for the remaining amount of Rs. 10,00,000. Later, the said accused reduced the bribe to Rs. 7,00,000 after further negotiation.
CBI laid a trap and caught two Superintendents & three Inspectors while demanding & accepting bribe of Rs. 7,00,000 from the Complainant. Searches were conducted at 07 locations including at residential & office premises of accused at Jabalpur which led to recovery of cash of Rs. 83,26,800 (approx).
All the 05 arrested accused to produce in the Court of Special Judge, CBI Cases, Jabalpur.
