Agra. The exploits of the Assistant Commissioner posted in the State Tax Department have been exposed. Manish Kumar, a personal employee sitting in his office, used to extort money from businessmen. The anti-corruption team caught him red-handed on Friday while taking a bribe of Rs 5,000. The Assistant Commissioner used to tell the businessmen to give the money to Manish and he will do the work for you. Manish used to get Rs 500 or thousand from the recovery amount. He used to sit in his office for three years and do both government and private work. Anti Corruption has made the Assistant Commissioner an accused. The screws will be tightened on him soon.
The GST number of Amarchand Sharma, resident of Shamsabad Road Kahrai, was cancelled. To get it back, he had filed a revocation through his advocate, but he was not able to get the GST number. His problem had to be solved by Pravesh Kumar posted in Section 18 of the GST office. But they were not doing his work. Whenever he went to his office, the Assistant Commissioner used to ask him to meet Manish Kumar. Manish worked in Pravesh Kumar’s office. He was a private employee. He used to do both government and personal work sitting at the computer in the office. Amarchand Sharma demanded a bribe of Rs 5 thousand. Manish was caught by the anti-corruption team while taking bribe money.
Anti Corruption Inspector Sanjay Yadav told that Manish used to extort money from people on the instructions of the Assistant Commissioner. Manish used to transfer the bribe amount online to the assistant commissioner’s wife or to the accounts of his relatives. They have seized laptop, mobile and other documents from Manish’s room. Assistant Commissioner has been made an accused in the action and soon crackdown will be tightened on him.
The State Tax Office (GST) located at Jaipur House has 20 sections. Officials have deployed personal staff in their offices. While their government stenos sit in some other office, private employees are made to sit on computers in their offices. More than 3 dozen private employees are deployed. These employees also use the ID password given by the government. There is an open game of bribery in the department. Private employees are used to put pressure on businessmen. Many big entrepreneurs are tied up on monthly basis.
