Odisha

Vigilance Nabs CT & GST Officer Taking Rs 80,000 Bribe In Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur

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OB Bureau

Cuttack: Vigilance has apprehended a CT & GST officer on bribe charge in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district.

Following a complaint that Chittaranjan Mohanty, CT & GST Officer, Enforcement Unit at Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district was demanding Rs 80,000 from the complainant in order to release his seized documents and furnish closure report of CT & GST case instituted against him, the Vigilance set up a trap.

As per the plan, while the complainant was giving the bribe money to Mohanty, the Vigilance officials caught him red-handed and recovered the entire amount from his possession.

Following the trap, the Vigilance launched simultaneous house searches at three locations of Mohanty from DA angle.

Cuttack Vigilance has registered a case under PC Amendment Act, 2018 in this connection and further investigation is in progress.

OB Bureau

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