Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Assam arrested superintendent of taxes for graft

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MORIGAON: A complaint was received at the Directorate of Vigilance & Anti- Corruption, Assam to the effect that Sonit Borthakur, Superintendent of Taxes, Morigaon had demanded a sum of Rs 30,000 from the complainant for absolving him from tax liability and penalty. The victim was sternly told by Sonit Borthakur, Superintendent of Taxes, to pay an amount of Rs 30,000 as bribe, through one Rajesh Kumar Gupta, his close confidante.

Unwilling to pay the bribe, the complainant approached this Directorate for taking necessary legal action against the public servant. Accordingly, a trap was laid by a team of Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Assam near the hospital of the complainant and Rajesh Kumar Gupta was caught red-handed after he had collected the bribe money of Rs 30,000 from the complainant, on behalf of Sonit Borthakur, on February 19.

The bribe money of Rs 30,000 was recovered from the possession of Rajesh Kumar Gupta in the presence of independent witnesses. A case has been registered in ACB PS on 19/02/2022 vide ACB P.S case no. 06/2022 u/s 7 (a)/12 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (as amended in 2018) and 120(B) IPC against Sonit Borthakur, Superintendent of Taxes, Morigaon, and Rajesh Kumar Gupta and both have been arrested. Necessary legal follow up actions are being taken.

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