Mateen Hafeez I TNN
Mumbai: The economic offences wing (EOW) arrested two octroi clearing agents for printing fake receipts and duping the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation of Rs 4.98 crore. The police are likely to arrest two more persons in the case.
Assistant inspector Suresh Kadam said the arrests were made after superintendent (octroi) Suresh Gawde lodged a complaint. The accused, Rajankumar Shashi Shankar Mishra (24) and Nitu Nityanand Pujari (29), are Std VIII dropouts. “We seized a printer, scanner, and rubber stamps from the accused,” said Kadam.
Five bank accounts of the accused have been frozen. The accused are in this business for the last five years, said the police. The accused’s alleged mentor, Umesh Nair, was arrested by the Navghar police last week in a similar case. “We will take Nair into custody soon,” said an officer.
According to the complaint, HCL Infosys Ltd. had sent electronic goods and computer hardware from Bhiwandi to Mumbai. “The contract for transporting goods was given to two companies, which appointed Mishra, Pujari and their associates as clearing agents,” said Kadam.
“The octroi receipts were submitted to HCL. The company officials were shocked when they received a notice from the BMC for non-payment of octroi. The octroi receipts submitted to the firm were fake,” Kadam added.
Last week, the Thane police arrested another member of this group and seized bogus octroi receipts of Mulund and Dahisar check nakas, fake octroi forms, rubber stamps, demand drafts and copies of visiting cards of several civic officials. The racket mastermind has been identified as Gorakhnath Pawar (32), who was arrested on February 2.
The Times of India, February 27, 2012
Mumbai: The economic offences wing (EOW) arrested two octroi clearing agents for printing fake receipts and duping the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation of Rs 4.98 crore. The police are likely to arrest two more persons in the case.
Assistant inspector Suresh Kadam said the arrests were made after superintendent (octroi) Suresh Gawde lodged a complaint. The accused, Rajankumar Shashi Shankar Mishra (24) and Nitu Nityanand Pujari (29), are Std VIII dropouts. “We seized a printer, scanner, and rubber stamps from the accused,” said Kadam.
Five bank accounts of the accused have been frozen. The accused are in this business for the last five years, said the police. The accused’s alleged mentor, Umesh Nair, was arrested by the Navghar police last week in a similar case. “We will take Nair into custody soon,” said an officer.
According to the complaint, HCL Infosys Ltd. had sent electronic goods and computer hardware from Bhiwandi to Mumbai. “The contract for transporting goods was given to two companies, which appointed Mishra, Pujari and their associates as clearing agents,” said Kadam.
“The octroi receipts were submitted to HCL. The company officials were shocked when they received a notice from the BMC for non-payment of octroi. The octroi receipts submitted to the firm were fake,” Kadam added.
Last week, the Thane police arrested another member of this group and seized bogus octroi receipts of Mulund and Dahisar check nakas, fake octroi forms, rubber stamps, demand drafts and copies of visiting cards of several civic officials. The racket mastermind has been identified as Gorakhnath Pawar (32), who was arrested on February 2.
The Times of India, February 27, 2012
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