Bribe to settle ED case: Jail for ex-GST officer

The special CBI court on Thursday sentenced a former Assistant Commissioner of GST to five years in jail and imposed a fine of Rs1,00,000 in a bribery case, stating that his “act does not deserve any leniency.”

- Charul Shah Joshi

The court convicted 68-year-old Ashok Nayak after he was caught accepting a bribe from a complainant in exchange for helping settle a case filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

Special judge Amit Kharkar, while awarding the punishment observed, “The accused was a public servant who was expected to devote his sincere attention towards his duties and perform it honestly, instead he went out of the way and demanded illegal gratification to settle the matter by influencing the investigating officer by corrupt means.”