Gurugram, Oct. 23 -- The Gurugram unit of the Haryana State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau has caught a female Goods and Services Tax inspector red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 7,000, officials said on Friday.
The accused allegedly demanded the bribe from a businessman for issuing a GST registration number, they said.
According to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), the local businessman had applied for a new GST number for
his firm.
According to the businessman, despite the completion of the application process, the concerned GST inspector, Shruti Rani, was deliberately withholding the file.
Rani was arrested after accepting Rs 7,000 in a trap laid by the ACB. She was booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act and will be produced in court. mpost
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