TNN | Aug 14, 2013
NEW DELHI: A trial court has sentenced a tax inspector of Delhi government to two years imprisonment for accepting Rs 4,500 as bribe from a cable service provider who had entertainment tax dues.
Special CBI judge Manoj Jain convicted Krishan Sharawat for accepting the bribe and imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on him. Sharawat was an inspector in the entertainment tax department and was apprehended in a trap laid by the CBI on a complaint of one Harjeet Singh in 2007.
According to prosecution, Singh was in the business of providing cable service called Balaji Cable TV Network. In November 2007, Sharawat with his team visited Singh's office and seized some documents. When Singh met Sharawat he was told that he had not deposited the entertainment tax for several months.
Singh then deposited the tax for two months. Singh later received a notice asking him to appear in the office of the department. He met Sharawat again on December 11, 2007 and was asked for a bribe of Rs 4,500 by him. Sharawat claimed he would get his tax adjusted and would also get the time limit for depositing the tax extended. He also promised not to check his cable connections.
