ROHTAK, Sept. 11 -- Haryana State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (SV&ACB) on Thursday arrested a State GST excise and taxation officer (ETO) and a chartered accountant from Jind as they were caught accepting a cash bribe in connection with a pending tax notice.

The accused have been identified as ETO Divesh Sahu of the SGST department and CA Ajay Sharma. According to the vigilance bureau they were taken into custody following a trap laid by the bureau's Jind unit.

Officials said Sahu had allegedly demanded Rs.5 lakh from the proprietor of a private company of Jind to refrain from taking strict action on a notice issued under Section 74 of the SGST and CGST Act, 2017. The notice related to alleged tax evasion of Rs.75 lakh.

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