CBI Arrests 3 GST Officials, with Rs 10 Lakh Bribe Money in a Hotel

Bureau, Odishabarta

BHUBANESWAR: At least  4 including 3 Superintendents of GST & Central Excise, Bhubaneswar Circle, namely Artabhanjan Kar, Pradip Acharya and N.N. Sahoo along with accounts officer of Centurion Institute of Technology, Ashutosh Padhy were arrested by the CBI on Tuesday.

CBI sleuths arrested 4 during transaction of Rs 10 lakh from Centurion Institute of Technology’s Account Officer. The CBI   laid a trap to catch the Superintendent of GST & Central Excise, Artabhanjan Kar and the Centurion Institute of Technology’s Account Officer red-handed during a deal to cover up GST bills of the College.

According to source, when the three Superintendents of GST & Central Excise visited the Hotel here in city to receive the alleged bribe amount from Padhy, the sleuths nabbed the four persons while exchanging the bribe amount.