AMN
The CBI has arrested an official of the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) and another person attached with the GST office in Mumbai for alleged bribery in the processing of a service matter.
The CBEC official, posted at the Finance Ministry in New Delhi as assistant section officer had sought illegal gratification for a favourable decision on the file of Superintendent of Central Excise and Customs posted in GST Mumbai office.
He had assured the GST official that his promotion file will be cleared shortly.
The agency said, another Mumbai-based person has also been nabbed in the case.