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Sales Tax Assistant Commissioner arrested for demanding bribe of Rs 8 lakh
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....ales Tax Assistant Commissioner arrested for demanding bribe of Rs 8 lakh<BR>GST<BR>Dated:- 11-8-2026<BR>PTI<BR>Thane, Aug 11 (PTI) The Navi Mumbai Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has arrested a senior S....
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....ales Tax official for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 8 lakh from a scrap trader to close a Goods and Services Tax (GST) inquiry. Deepak Ramchandra Kshirsagar (56), the accused, was serving a....
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....s Assistant Commissioner of Sales Tax, Raigad Division, CBD Belapur, at the time of the offense. He was recently transferred as Deputy Commissioner (Class-1), Sales Tax Department, Mazgaon, Mumbai. ....
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.... As per the complainant, he received a GST show-cause notice under Kshirsagar's signature on February 8, 2025. When he met Kshirsagar on May 20, 2026, to resolve the matter, the officer allegedly....
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.... demanded Rs 15 lakh to close the investigation. After the trader lodged a complaint with the ACB, officials approached Kshirsagar posing as middlemen. After 'negotiations', the Sales Tax office....
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....r allegedly agreed to accept Rs 8 lakh for closing the case. The ACB then registered a case at the CBD Belapur Police Station under the Prevention of Corruption Act and arrested Kshirsagar. ....
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.... Further probe was on, said Deputy Superintendent of Police Dharmaraj Sonke. The ACB has appealed to people to report any instances of government officials demanding bribes by calling the toll-....
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