The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Superintendent, CGST & Central Excise, Nashik  Commissionerate, Nashik while accepting a bribe of Rs 5 lakh from the complainant.

 CBI registered the instant case on 14.10.2025 against the said accused on allegations that the accused initially demanded undue advantage of Rs. 50 lakh for not taking any legal action against the complainant in the IGST input matter of a private company which was subsequently reduced to Rs. 22 lakhs by him.

It was also alleged that the accused directed the complainant to deliver Rs. 5 lakh on 14.10.2025 and remaining Rs. 17 lakhs on 17.10.2025.

CBI laid a trap on 14.10.2025 and caught the accused red-handed outside his office at Nashik while accepting undue advantage of Rs. 5 lakh from the complainant. The accused has been arrested on 14.10.2025.

Searches were conducted at the residential and official premises of the accused which led to recovery of Rs. 19 lakh in cash and incriminating documents

The arrested accused was produced before the jurisdictional court at Pune on 15.10.2025. The Hon’ble Court remanded the accused to Police Custody for two days till 17.10.2025.

Bribery allegation: Superintendent arrested after sting operation, followed by searches and seizure of cash and documents. Alleged bribery by a Superintendent in the CGST & Central Excise is described: complaint-led registration of a case alleging demand of an undue advantage in an IGST input matter, execution of a covert trap resulting in apprehension while accepting a cash payment, and searches of residential and official premises yielding cash and purportedly incriminating documents, followed by arrest and remand to police custody.