Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Mar 11: The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) today trapped and arrested a Sales Tax officer for taking bribe here.
As per the ACB, Khalid Bashir Tantray, Inspector, Sales Tax Department, Srinagar was demanding and accepting bribe amount of Rs 3 Lakh for settling a case of the penalty of Sales Tax.
The Bureau said that it received a complaint wherein the complainant alleged that Khalid Bashir Tantray, Sales Tax Inspector is demanding Rs. 3 lakh as bribe for setting right records pertaining to Internal Audit Report of the Sales Tax Department Srinagar.
“The complainant who is running a business unit was facing a penalty of Rs. 14 lakh from Sales Tax Department,” the ACB said.
It said that on receipt of the complaint, Case FIR No. 09/2022 U/S 7 PC Act 1988 was registered in this Bureau and investigation was taken up.
“During the investigation, a trap team constituted. The team laid a successful trap and caught red-handed Khalid Bashir Tantray, Inspector, Sales Tax Department, Srinagar while demanding and accepting a bribe amount of Rs 3 lakh from the complainant.”
ACB said that he was arrested on the spot by the ACB team while the bribe money was also recovered from his possession in presence of independent witnesses.
“Immediately after the trap, a search was conducted in the residential house of the accused,” the ACB said, adding further investigation in the case was on.
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