Bhopal, Apr 21 (PTI) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a superintendent of Central Goods and Service Tax (CGST) and Central Excise for allegedly demanding and accepting Rs two lakh bribe from a businessman on the promise of settling a case against him, officials said on Thursday.

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The official, Ankur Khandelwal, was arrested on Wednesday, they said.

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Searches were later conducted at the premises of Khandelwal and his colleague Chetan Saxena, which led to the recovery of incriminating documents and articles, the officials said.

A case was registered against these two superintendents of CGST and Central Excise with Bhopal office at Arera Hills based on a complaint, which alleged that they had demanded Rs 10 lakh from the complainant for settling a CGST case against his partnership firm. However, after negotiations, the accused had fixed bribe amount at Rs two lakh.

Khandelwal is being produced in a special court hearing CBI cases here.

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