<p>New Delhi: The CBI has arrested two persons, including a superintendent of Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) in Uttar Pradesh, while allegedly accepting bribe of Rs 1 lakh for waiving off penalty on a private company, officials said Monday.</p>.<p>The other person arrested by the agency is a tax lawyer who was representing the complainant in the case, they said.</p>.<p>CGST superintendent Nishan Singh Malli had allegedly issued penalty notice to a businessman, who controls the private company, on account of non-filing of GST returns.</p>.Cheating spree: Kerala woman dupes atleast ten people by marrying, stealing gold.<p>Malli, who is posted at Gajrola with additional charge of Amroha in UP, demanded Rs 4 lakh in collusion with tax lawyer Amit Khandelwal from the businessman for waiving off penalty on his company, they said.</p>.<p>"The tax advocate was representing the complainant. However, he entered into a conspiracy with superintendent, CGST, Amroha and pressured the complainant to deliver the demand of undue advantage of Rs 4 lakh to the accused superintendent," a CBI spokesperson said.</p>.<p>The businessman approached the CBI with a complaint expressing unwillingness to pay the bribe, the spokesperson said in a statement.</p>.<p>The agency laid a trap during which the superintendent and the advocate were arrested red handed taking Rs 1 lakh as the first instalment of the total Rs 4 lakh demanded as bribe, the statement said.</p>
<p>New Delhi: The CBI has arrested two persons, including a superintendent of Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) in Uttar Pradesh, while allegedly accepting bribe of Rs 1 lakh for waiving off penalty on a private company, officials said Monday.</p>.<p>The other person arrested by the agency is a tax lawyer who was representing the complainant in the case, they said.</p>.<p>CGST superintendent Nishan Singh Malli had allegedly issued penalty notice to a businessman, who controls the private company, on account of non-filing of GST returns.</p>.Cheating spree: Kerala woman dupes atleast ten people by marrying, stealing gold.<p>Malli, who is posted at Gajrola with additional charge of Amroha in UP, demanded Rs 4 lakh in collusion with tax lawyer Amit Khandelwal from the businessman for waiving off penalty on his company, they said.</p>.<p>"The tax advocate was representing the complainant. However, he entered into a conspiracy with superintendent, CGST, Amroha and pressured the complainant to deliver the demand of undue advantage of Rs 4 lakh to the accused superintendent," a CBI spokesperson said.</p>.<p>The businessman approached the CBI with a complaint expressing unwillingness to pay the bribe, the spokesperson said in a statement.</p>.<p>The agency laid a trap during which the superintendent and the advocate were arrested red handed taking Rs 1 lakh as the first instalment of the total Rs 4 lakh demanded as bribe, the statement said.</p>