LUCKNOW, Jan. 3 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is set to widen its probe into the massive bribery scandal in the Central GST (CGST) department in Jhansi, senior officials of the agency said here on Friday.

Investigators are confident that further examination of digital evidence, financial trails and property investments will expose the entire corruption nexus operating within the department, the CBI officials added.

Following the arrest of CGST deputy commissioner Prabha Bhandari, superintendents Anil Tiwari and Ajay Sharma, advocate Naresh Gupta and owner of Jai Durga Hardware, Raju Mangatani, the agency has unearthed crucial leads indicating the existence of a well-organised syndicate that allegedly extorted bribes from ...