The record
Written from the 2 reports below. Nothing here is unsourced.
- The CBI re-arrested CGST superintendent Rakesh Kumar Sinha and agent Narinder Rajput in a Rs 40 lakh bribery case on Wednesday.
- The re-arrests came hours after the Bombay High Court set aside a special CBI court order that had granted the accused bail.
- The lower court had ruled the August 27 arrests illegal because grounds of arrest were not communicated, but the High Court found they had been conveyed to the accused and their families.
- The CBI is searching for IRS officer Vinay Kumar Kantheti, additional commissioner of CGST, who remained untraceable after teams checked his home and office.
- The case stems from an alleged Rs 40 lakh bribe accepted on behalf of the officers from a stone-quarrying firm to settle a GST and royalty matter, down from an initial demand of Rs 1.5 crore.
What to watch next
- Whether the CBI locates and arrests Vinay Kumar Kantheti.
- The outcome of the two-day CBI custody and custodial interrogation of Sinha and Rajput.
- Any further legal challenge by the accused to the High Court order.
What changed2
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Hindustan Times[1]
Bribery case: Bombay HC sets aside spl court’s bail to 3, including CGST officialsThe Times of India — Mumbai[2]
Rs 40L bribe: CGST suptd held, CBI hunts for IRS officer
Why it matters2
Who is affected first and what likely follows, with a direction and a horizon. Extracted from the reports, never invented.
- Accused officials and agent legal detention· immediate
- Central Bureau of Investigation investigation resumed· immediate
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Named India · Central Goods and Services Tax · CGST · Thane Special Court · Bombay High Court · Central Bureau of Investigation · Narinder Rajput · Rakesh Kumar Sinha · Rakesh Sinha · Vinay Kantheti · Vinay Kumar Kantheti
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