Could 31, 2025 09:16 AM IST
An official spokesperson of the state VB stated the arrests had been made after a agency proprietor complained that the CA demanded ₹30 lakh from him on behalf of the CGST assistant commissioner as bribe for benefiting the corporate in reference to an inquiry being performed below the CGST Act.
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Friday stated it arrested a charted accountant (CA) red-handed for reportedly demanding and accepting ₹10 lakh as bribe on the behalf of an Indian Income Service (IRS) officer posted as assistant commissioner, Central Items and Providers Tax (CGST), Jalandhar.
The accused has been recognized as Gursewak Singh, a resident of Jalandhar. (Getty Pictures/iStockphoto)
The accused has been recognized as Gursewak Singh, a resident of Jalandhar. An official spokesperson of the state VB stated the arrests had been made after a agency proprietor complained that the CA demanded ₹30 lakh from him on behalf of the CGST assistant commissioner as bribe for benefiting the corporate in reference to an inquiry being performed below the CGST Act.
The spokesperson additional stated that after a preliminary verification of the criticism, a VB flying squad laid a entice throughout which the CA was arrested red-handed whereas he was receiving the primary installment of ₹10 lakh from the complainant in presence of two official witnesses.
“On the basis of the disclosure of the CA, the role of the IRS officer is under investigation,” a spokesperson stated. He knowledgeable that an FIR has been registered in opposition to the CA below Sections 7 and 7A of the Prevention of Corruption Act and below Part 61(2) of the BNS on the VB police station, flying squad-1, Punjab, in Mohali. The accused can be produced in a courtroom on Saturday and additional investigation was below progress, he added.
