Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Vigilance on Wednesday arrested a senior tax official after he was caught red-handed while accepting a bribe from a businessman for waiving the penalty imposed on him for non-payment of professional tax for three financial years.

The accused official, Umakanta Mahakur, is currently posted as the Assistant CT & GST Officer at Ttlagarh in Balangir district.

The Odisha vigilance in an official press statement informed that Mahakur was apprehended by the anti-corruption sleuths on October 29 for accepting a bribe of Rs 12,000 from a businessman.

IT further added that the bribe was demanded by Mahakur to waive off the penalty imposed on the complainant(businessman) for non-payment of professional tax for three financial years.

The complainant had failed to pay the pr

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