India, Dec. 8 -- A Central Goods and Service Tax (GST) superintendent was arrested on Saturday by Haryana's State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (SV&ACB) for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs.2.5 lakh to activate a private firm's GST number in Gurugram, said officials.

The accused, identified as Bharat Meena, 39, was heading the GST's range office in Jhajjar's Bahadurgarh. Investigators said he was caught red-handed during a trap laid on Saturday morning in Gurugram's Basai after a week long surveillance operation.

"A team from the ACB reached the spot where the victim had been called and found the superintendent taking the bribe. He was immediately arrested and the money has been sealed," said a senior ACB official, requesting an...