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State Tax Officer held in Chennai for receiving ₹5 lakh as bribe from trader
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Officers of the Department of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption(DVAC) on Friday arrested a state tax officer while he was receiving ₹5 lakh from a trader.
Sources in DVAC said, a trader stated in his complaint that S. Selvakumar, State Tax Officer-Inspection unit, Intelligence-II, Greams Road, was demanding ₹5 lakh as advance bribe amount out of the total bribe amount of ₹20 lakh for not initiating any action on the failure of filing GST returns and for the failure of paying GST by his supplier who had already closed their businesses. The initial demand was ₹75 lakh. A case was registered on Thursday against Selvakumar, STO and an auditor Goplakrishnan, who mediated the demands.
State Tax Officer held for receiving ₹5 lakh in bribe
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Officers of the Department of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) on Friday arrested a State tax officer while he was receiving ₹5 lakh from a trader.
Based on a complaint from a trader, sources from the DVAC said S. Selvakumar, State Tax Officer -Inspection unit, Intelligence-II, Greams Road, was demanding ₹5 lakh as an advance bribe out of a total bribe amount of ₹20 lakh for not initiating any action on the failure of filing GST returns and for the failure of paying GST by his supplier who already closed their businesses. The initial demand was ₹75 lakh. A case was registered on Thursday against Mr. Selvakumar, STO and one auditor Gopalkrishnan, who mediated the demand of Mr. Selvakumar.