LUCKNOW, Jan. 4 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has found that a fixed commission structure was at the core of a systematic extortion racket allegedly operating within the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) office in Jhansi, according to officials privy to the investigation. The development follows the arrest of deputy commissioner Prabha

Bhandari and four other accused in a Rs.1.5 crore bribery case on December 31, 2025.

According to the probe, the accused officials had allegedly put in place a well-defined mechanism to settle tax evasion cases of traders in exchange for hefty bribes. Investigators said the operation functioned on pre-decided shares, ensuring monetary benefits for all members of the nexus involved in th...