CBI arrests Service Tax Commissioner on bribery charge
EVEN the Gulf News published from Dubai carried this news. The amount of alleged bribe was Rs. 20 lakhs and the Commissioner was caught in the last round when the last instalment of Rs. 5 lakhs was being handed over. In this case, the assessee was also arrested. This Commissioner who is an IIM product has completed 25 years in the department and has another 9 more years to go which he would now spend between courts and jails and CBI offices - already he is remanded to police custody in CBI office for five days.