India, Aug. 29 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer posted as the Additional Commissioner of Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) in Raigad, Maharashtra. A CGST Superintendent from Raigad and a private individual were also arrested in connection with a Rs 40 lakh bribery case.

The arrests of Vinay Kumar Kantheti (IRS- 2009 batch), serving as Additional Commissioner of GST, and Rakesh Kumar Sinha, Superintendent of GST, took place on Thursday, a day after the CBI registered a case against the CGST Superintendent on Wednesday. The private individual has been identified as Narinder Rajput.

The officer is accused of demanding Rs 1.50 crore from the complainant to settle a GST and...