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May 2008

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Cancerous Corruption

Top service tax officer arrested for attempt to extort Rs.2 lakh


A Service Tax Superintendent, who attempted to extort Rs.2
lakh from a city transporter by threatening him of penal action for alleged
Service Tax evasion, was arrested by the CBI on Friday
night. A person who acted as facilitator on behalf of the tax official has also
been arrested.

According to CBI sources, Service Tax Superintendent, S. G.
Desai, 45, and his accomplice Neerav Mayekar, were arrested from a hotel
opposite Vile Parle railway station when they accepted the bribe of Rs.1 lakh,
being the first instalment of Rs.5 lakh bribe demanded by the tax official.

The complainant runs a ‘packers & movers’ service in Goregaon.
Desai whose office scrutinises Service Tax payment by business establishments
had sent a notice to the complainant saying he had
paid Service Tax at the rate of 3.65 per cent, though he was supposed to file it
at the rate of 12.63 per cent.

When the complainant objected, Desai asked him to furnish
accounts for the past five years and later allegedly demanded Rs.5 lakh to
settle the matter. The amount was finally settled at Rs.2 lakh, of which Rs.1
lakh was to be paid on Friday night. The CBI laid a trap and arrested the duo
while accepting the money.

(Source : Mumbai Mirror Bureau)

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