Inspector Sales Tax Deptt trapped, arrested for demanding, accepting bribe: J&K ACB

Srinagar  : Jammu & Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (J&K ACB) on Friday said that it has trapped and arrested Khalid Bashir Tantray, Inspector, Sales Tax Department, Srinagar demanding and accepting bribe of Rs. 3 Lakh for settling case of penalty of Sales tax.
In a statement issued on Friday the Jammu & Kashmir Anti Corruption Bureau (J&K ACB) said “a written complaint was recieved wherein the complainant alleged that Khalid Bashir Tantray, Sales Tax Inspector is demanding Rs. 3 lakh as bribe for setting right records pertaining to Internal Audit Report of the Sales Tax Department Srinagar. The complainant who is running a business unit, was according to the above referred statement facing penalty of Rs. 14 lakh from Sales Tax Department.
Stating that on receiving the complaint, Case FIR No. 09/2022 U/S 7 PC Act 1988 was registered in this Bureau and investigation taken up, the J&K ACB in it’s statement further said that during the course of investigation a trap team was constituted which laid a successful trap and caught red-handed Khalid Bashir Tantray, Inspector, Sales Tax Department, Srinagar while demanding and accepting bribe amount of Rs. 3 Lakh from the complainant.
“ The said Inspector Sales Tax Department was arrested on the spot by the ACB team” ,reads the statement, adding that “the bribe money was also recovered from his possession in presence of independent witnesses and immediately after the trap, search was conducted in residential house of the accused”, stating therein further that further investigation into the case is on.