<p>New Delhi: The CBI has booked two GST officers posted in the Principal Commissionerate of Central Tax, Hyderabad for allegedly extorting Rs 5 lakh from a businessman, an official spokesperson said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered an FIR against Superintendent V D Anand Kumar and Inspector Manish Sharma, he said.</p>.<p>Kumar and Sharma allegedly threatened to impose Goods and Services Tax (GST) on the complainant for "certain alleged irregularity", the CBI spokesperson said in a statement.</p>.<p>"Further, the complainant alleged that the accused GST officers seized the iron scrap shop of the complainant's private company and demanded and accepted Rs 5 lakh as illegal gratification on July 04, 2023. It was also alleged that the accused further demanded Rs 3 lakh to open the seized premises," he said.</p>.<p>The CBI conducted searches at two places in Hyderabad and recovered incriminating documents, he added. </p>
<p>New Delhi: The CBI has booked two GST officers posted in the Principal Commissionerate of Central Tax, Hyderabad for allegedly extorting Rs 5 lakh from a businessman, an official spokesperson said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered an FIR against Superintendent V D Anand Kumar and Inspector Manish Sharma, he said.</p>.<p>Kumar and Sharma allegedly threatened to impose Goods and Services Tax (GST) on the complainant for "certain alleged irregularity", the CBI spokesperson said in a statement.</p>.<p>"Further, the complainant alleged that the accused GST officers seized the iron scrap shop of the complainant's private company and demanded and accepted Rs 5 lakh as illegal gratification on July 04, 2023. It was also alleged that the accused further demanded Rs 3 lakh to open the seized premises," he said.</p>.<p>The CBI conducted searches at two places in Hyderabad and recovered incriminating documents, he added. </p>