CBI arrests IRS officer, superintendent of CGST Dept in bribery case

NEW DELHI: The CBI has arrested an assistant commissioner and a superintendent posted at the CGST Department in Patna for allegedly receiving a bribe of Rs 2.5 lakh, officials said.

Assistant Commissioner Chandan Prakash Pandey, a 2016-batch Indian Revenue Service officer, and Superintendent Mohammed Soaibuddin were caught red-handed while they were receiving the bribe from a flour mill owner, they said.

The agency is carrying out searches at the offices and the residences of Pandey and Soaibuddin in Patna and Jehanabad. (AGENCIES)

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