Udaipur : Continuous action is going on against corruption in Rajasthan. Meanwhile, on Tuesday, the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) team took a major action and trapped an officer of the Commercial Tax Department in Udaipur while taking a bribe of 8 lakhs. The ACB team is still taking further action in this matter. The officer arrested with the bribe is being questioned. According to the information received, the arrested officer has been identified as Ravindra Jain, Assistant Commissioner of Commercial Tax Department. Ravindra Jain is the Joint Director of GST in Udaipur. Ravindra Jain has been trapped while taking a bribe of 8 lakhs. Further action is underway.
Ravindra Jain’s house and other hideouts are being searched
Ravindra Jain’s bank accounts are being searched. It is being told that this action was taken under the leadership of ACB’s CI Sanu Shekhawat. Search operations are going on at the house and other places of GST Joint Director Ravindra Jain, who has been trapped in the bribe amount. According to the information given by ACB, a complaint was given by the complainant to the Udaipur (Intelligence) unit of ACB that accused Ravindra Jain, Joint Commissioner, Commercial Tax Department, had demanded a bribe in lieu of not taking action on the basis of the survey report of his resort done by the GST team and getting the benefit of ITC claim.
After investigating the complaint, ACB trapped him on Tuesday
On the complaint of the complainant, the ACB Udaipur (Intelligence) unit of ACB verified the complaint under the supervision of Deputy Inspector General of Police Rajendra Prasad Goyal, under the leadership of Police Inspector Dr. Sonu Shekhawat. After which on Tuesday, the team conducted a trap and arrested the accused Ravindra Jain.
The role of other officials is being investigated in the bribery case
Ravindra Jain has been arrested red handed while accepting a bribe of Rs. 8 lakh (Rs. 1 lakh in current Indian currency and Rs. 7 lakh in dummy currency) from the complainant. The role of other officers/employees is being investigated in this case. Interrogation and proceedings against the accused are underway under the direction of ACB Additional Director General of Police Smita Shrivastava. ACB will register a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act and conduct further investigation.
