In a first, CVC advises govt to grant sanction to prosecute GST commissioner Sansar Chand

Paving way for the first-ever prosecution against a senior IRS officer of the GST department, constituted last year, the Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) has advised the government to grant sanction against Sansar Chand, a 1986 batch IRS officer, arrested by the CBI on charges of corruption in February this year. Chand was posted as GST commissioner at Kanpur and had allegedly taken bribes fro…