New Delhi: The CBIC on Friday stated it has suspended some CGST officers in Bengaluru who’ve been arrested by town police for alleged extortion costs. On September 11, Bengaluru City Crime Branch arrested 4 Central GST officers primarily based on a grievance of kidnapping and extortion filed by a businessman at Byappanahalli police station of Bengaluru East division.

The arrested embody a superintendent rank officer aside from inspector and senior intelligence officer rank staffers of the GST. In a submit on X, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) stated as per media reviews, it has been reported that some CGST officers in Bengaluru have resorted to alleged extortion in violation of the legal guidelines of the land.

“The officers involved have been immediately suspended,” it stated. It additional stated that the CBIC is in contact with police authorities who bought the remand of those officers arrested by them. “Based on the outcome of the investigation in the matter, further action will be taken. CBIC follows a zero-tolerance policy in cases of official misconduct in its endeavour to establish a transparent and trade-friendly tax administration,” the CBIC added.

Separately, the Enforcement Directorate has additionally registered a cash laundering case towards 4 arrested Goods and Services Tax (GST) officers who allegedly extorted Rs 1.5 crore from the businessman right here by impersonating as ED sleuths, official sources had stated on Wednesday.

Sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) have been pressed towards the accused taking cognisance of the FIR filed by the Bengaluru City Crime Branch towards them, the sources stated. The 4 went to the businessman for a “fake” raid claiming that they have been from the ED and allegedly extorted Rs 1.5 crore from him by “threatening” him, the company sources stated.

They shall be questioned after the ED will get their custody and the company will search for their belongings that may be hooked up underneath the anti-money laundering legislation, they stated. The businessman had alleged that a few week again about 4 to 5 individuals got here to his home and forcefully took him across the metropolis in two automobiles and likewise took him to his workplace and there they demanded an enormous sum of money.