Service Tax Officer Sentenced to 5 Years in Jail for Corruption in Ahmedabad



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A former service tax officer in Ahmedabad, Hashmukh Chhaganbhai Rathod, has been sentenced to five years of rigorous imprisonment by a special CBI court. He was found guilty of demanding and accepting a bribe of ₹2,000 in 2014 to issue a registration certificate. The conviction highlights the CBI's efforts to combat corruption within government bodies.

In a significant ruling, a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Ahmedabad has sentenced Hashmukh Chhaganbhai Rathod, a former superintendent in the service tax department, to five years of rigorous imprisonment on charges of corruption. The court also imposed a fine of ₹30,000 on Rathod, who served in the Nadiad range. The case dates back to April 24, 2014, when the Gandhinagar branch of the CBI and the Anti-Corruption Bureau registered a complaint against Rathod. He was acc
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Hashmukh Chhaganbhai Rathod, a former superintendent in the service tax department, was sentenced.

He received a sentence of five years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of ₹30,000.

He was charged with demanding and accepting a bribe and for criminal misconduct.

The incident occurred on April 25, 2014, when he was caught accepting the bribe.

He initially demanded ₹2,500 but agreed to accept ₹2,000 for issuing a registration certificate.

The Gandhinagar branch of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigated the case.




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