Guwahati: A team of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption of Assam police on Thursday caught red-handed and arrested an Assitant Commissioner of State Tax in Guwahati for accepting a bribe.
The arrested government official, identified as Minakshi Kakati Kalita, was arrested from her office at Kar Bhawan in Guwahati for accepting the bribe money from the complainant.
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The arrested official demanded money from the complainant for reactivating GST online functions.
“However, unwilling to pay the bribe, the complainant approached the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption for taking necessary legal action against the official. Accordingly, a trap was laid by a team of the vigilance and anti-corruption sleuths at Kar Bhawan in Guwahati and the official was caught red-handed, soon after she accepted the bribe amount of Rs 4,000 from the complainant,” said an official.
Necessary legal follow-up action is underway.
In a separate operation, the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption sleuths caught red-handed a Lat Mandal from Nagarbera in Kamrup district while taking a bribe.
The arrested Lat Mandal has been identified as Mahendra Nath.