Odisha: GST Evasion Probe Leads To Detection Of Sensational Highway Robbery

Rourkela: While conducting a probe right into a suspected tax evasion, the officers of Rourkela Goods and Services Tax (GST) division on Friday intercepted two truck-loads with 25 tonnes of edible oil.
Preliminary probe reveals that an oil consignment was reportedly looted from a truck by a gaggle of 5 armed miscreants after attacking the motive force on January 10. The truck with the unique consignment is but to be traced.
The miscreants had been planning to smuggle the cargo to Bihar from Odisha. Three individuals have been detained by police and additional investigation is at present underway.
A senior GST official mentioned that they suspected one thing amiss in regards to the two vans and later discovered that they had been carrying some edible oil consignment
“Preliminary investigation reveals that the way -bill was generated from Bhalubasa area near Rairangpur. But the consignment was loaded from Jharsuguda and was on its way to Bihar,” mentioned the GST official.
Notably the involved firm – Nishad Enterprise was registered for the sale of iron and it’s being probed why it was engaged within the transportation of edible oil.
Moreover, the corporate had not procured any supplies previously one 12 months, nevertheless it has talked about to have finished a sale transaction price almost Rs 2 crore.
“We had just finished our food when two miscreants came to us and forcefully made us to eat some intoxicants. We do not know what happened after that,” mentioned one of many driver of the truck.
The GST official Sangram Keshari Sahoo mentioned,” As per paperwork, the consignment is alleged to be price Rs 23 lakh. But we suspect that the overall consignment is price over Rs 30 lakh. Only after an in depth probe, we are able to say the overall worth of the consignment and GST evasion.”
Sources mentioned, Telkoi police is investigating relating to theft of consignment which was initially loaded into two vans. The bodily verification of the consignment is at present underway.
A transport official mentioned, the cargo was loaded on January 9. The car was given method invoice the subsequent day however the GPS on the truck stopped performing on January 10.
“Today, we got information that some consignment was recovered by GST officials. So we have come to assist in the probe,” mentioned Janardan Sahoo, transporter.
(Edited By Suryakant  Jena)

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