CGST Superintendent, lawyer under CBI scanner in 'reverse trap' case
GST
Dated:- 3-9-2025
PTI
New Delhi, Sep 3 (PTI) The role of a GST Superintendent posted in Mumbai and the lawyer of a private company linked with an online betting website have come under the scanner of the CBI for an alleged payment of Rs 22 lakh bribe to another GST Intelligence officer posted in Kolkata, in which the agency arrested two persons, officials said on Wednesday.
On a complaint from the Kolktata-based GST intelligence officer Vivek Pratap Singh, the CBI had conducted a “reverse trap” recently in which it arrested Ram Sevak Singh and Sachin Kumar Gupta while they were allegedly delivering the bribe to him for dropping the ongoing proceedings agai
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nk Statement, etc., and also contacted Kapoor on his mobile phone, requesting him to provide the account opening form and bank statement of Appnit Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
He received a call from one Priyanka, claiming to be the lawyer for the company, seeking an appointment to meet him in person for the settlement of the case. Singh refused to meet and asked her to send the documents through the mail.
It was followed by a call from one Abhishek, claiming to be a Superintendent in the GST department in Mumbai, who allegedly offered that Singh drop the proceedings against the company in exchange for a bribe of Rs one crore. He allegedly repeated the offer on two more occasions through phone calls.
Singh promptly alerted the CBI and lodge
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