Faridabad tax officer, driver held in ₹4 L truck clearance bribe case

The ACB alleges the duo struck a ₹4 lakh deal with a Delhi transport firm over scrutiny of its trucks and the release of a seized scrap vehicle

Published on: Aug 27, 2026, 14:17:13 IST

By Debashish Karmakar

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A Haryana government excise and taxation officer (ETO) and his official driver were arrested while accepting a ₹1 lakh bribe at their office in Faridabad on Tuesday, Haryana state vigilance and anti-corruption bureau (ACB) officials said on Wednesday.

The ACB alleges the duo struck a ₹4 lakh deal with a Delhi transport firm over scrutiny of its trucks and the release of a seized scrap vehicle. (File photo)

The bribe was part of a ₹4 lakh deal allegedly struck to allow all trucks of a Delhi-based transport firm to pass through Faridabad without scrutiny. The duo was also allegedly negotiating the release of a seized truck carrying scrap.

The accused were posted at the office of joint commissioner (excise and taxation), Faridabad division. ACB inspector Vijender Singh said the driver was sent to judicial custody, while the ETO was taken on two-day police remand after being produced before a court on Wednesday. “Poonia had seized the transporter firm’s four trucks carrying scrap from Lucknow while it was passing through Faridabad on August 10 but later set three of them free,” he said.

According to ACB officials, the ETO later offered the firm’s employee a ₹4 lakh deal after imposing a ₹10 lakh penalty on the truck for violations including inadequate transport documents. The employee allegedly paid ₹2 lakh to a paying guest in Sector-11 on August 14 and agreed to pay the remaining amount later.

The employee recorded the negotiations and complained to the ACB. An FIR was registered under section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act at the ACB police station in Faridabad on Tuesday.

The trap was laid at the ETO office, where ₹1 lakh was handed to the driver on the ETO’s direction. The money was recovered from the driver’s pocket. ACB officials said more taxation files would be seized for investigation.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Debashish Karmakar
Debashish Karmakar is a principal correspondent with the Hindustan Times, Gurugram bureau. He has a vast journalistic experience of almost 14 years of covering crime, court, power, transport, administration, weather and other beats while working across various organisations. He has been covering Gurugram, Faridabad, Nuh, Palwal and other districts of southern Haryana for more than four and a half years. He has produced several breaking and exclusive stories while reporting from the ground where he maintains a strong presence on a daily basis. He writes news articles which are hard-hitting and accurate. With his strong bureaucratic sources, he frequently writes stories to expose the failure of the system forcing authorities to take necessary course-corrective steps. Besides crime, important convictions and court orders, he also writes on human-angle stories, on power issues and challenges faced by the residents on a daily basis in Gurugram and neighbouring areas. In the past, he worked for media houses like The Times of India, where he extensively reported on important government matters and daily proceedings at the Patna High Court. He has also worked in the electronic media and had done ground coverage on the Kedarnath deluge that wrecked Uttarakhand in 2013.Read More

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