Bengaluru: Lokayukta police have apprehended a commercial tax officer from Division-5 in Koramangala for allegedly accepting a bribe. Shekhar P Patil is accused of demanding Rs 80,000 from a resident of Mahadevapura to “reduce the pending commercial tax amount.”
Reports indicate that Patil accepted Rs 50,500 from the complainant but returned Rs 29,500 to facilitate an online GST payment. He was arrested with the bribe in hand and has been charged under the Prevention of Corruption Act. An investigation is ongoing to gather more details.
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