CBI books suspended DGGI officer Praveen Yadav over Rs 1 crore Mysuru bribe
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a corruption case against Praveen Kumar Yadav, a suspended senior intelligence officer of the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) Bengaluru unit, for allegedly accepting a Rs 1 crore bribe at the Parklane Hotel in Mysuru.
The CBI registered the case against Yadav on July 8 under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The registration followed the Karnataka state government granting consent for the probe on March 6, 2026, and the Central government giving its clearance on June 8, 2026.
According to the FIR, the bribe was paid by a 24-year-old scrap materials businessman, Mohammed Kamran, on September 11, 2025, to drop a Rs 21-crore GST input tax credit fraud investigation against his firm, M K Traders.
The businessman alleged in his complaint that during a search operation at his house on September 10, 2025, Yadav and other CGST officers demanded a Rs 1 crore bribe to help him escape the search. Yadav later shared a location on WhatsApp, directing Kamran to deliver the cash.
Kamran and a friend subsequently went to the Parklane Hotel in Mysuru around 9:30 p.m. and handed over a box containing Rs 1 crore in cash to Yadav. The FIR further alleges that Yadav called Kamran the following day to demand an additional Rs 4 crore to close the investigation.
An internal preliminary inquiry by the DGGI revealed that Yadav was in unauthorised contact with Kamran and met his acquaintances near the Beer Garden and Parklane Hotel in Mysuru, while concealing these facts from his supervisory officers. The DGGI Bengaluru unit submitted a complaint to the CBI on October 6, 2025, and authorized the investigation on October 29, 2025.
Meanwhile, Kamran was arrested by the DGGI on September 16, 2025—the same day he filed the corruption complaint—for allegedly using fake invoices from non-existent suppliers to claim Rs 21 crore in fraudulent input tax credits. He was released on bail three months later.
On July 7, the Karnataka High Court rejected Kamran's petition to declare his arrest illegal, clearing the way for the ongoing GST prosecution.
