Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh): A Central GST officer was caught red-handed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) accepting a bribe of Rs 7 lakh in Jabalpur on Tuesday. The CGST deputy commissioner, Kapil Kamle was taking bribe from a builder when the CBI team caught him at his office.
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The CGST team had raided the premises of builder Trilok Chandra Sen on May 19 on the accusations of tax evasion. Kamle then demanded a bribe of Rs 1 crore from Sen to hush up the matter. Sen had already paid an amount of Rs 25 lakh. On Tuesday, he reached the CGST office to give another Rs 7 lakh to Kamle when the CBI team raided the office.
Action is still underway at the CGST office.