Tainted sales tax officer remanded in police custody

Mumbai, Feb 14 (UNI) Special ACB court judge S S Joshi today remanded suspended sales tax officer Prashant Satav, held in connection with a bribery case, in seven-day police custody.

Satav was arrested yesterday while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 from a hotelier.

Satav had visited the hotelier's restaurant on February two to examine the documents pertaining to sales. After scrutinising the documents, he told the hotelier that the latter had paid less sales tax and should pay up the pending amount. The hotelier was asked to visit the sales tax office to settle the matter.

However, when the hotelier visited the sales tax office, Satav allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs 30,000. The hotelier lodged a complaint with the ACB following which a trap was laid and the sales tax officer was allegedly nabbed red handed while accepting the amount.

Following his arrest yesterday, Satav was produced before the court today which remanded him in police custody for seven days.

UNI