A major Toll Tax evasion bid was foiled at Toll Post, Lakhanpur by the vigilant sleuths of Toll Post when the driver of vehicle bearing No RJ07GC-4197 with malafide intention declared his loaded goods as Rajma (Pulses) at assessment counter at Toll Post and furnished forged documents for clearance of the vehicle. The Excise officials subjected the vehicle to physical checking and found that the vehicle was loaded with Ceramic Tiles instead of declared goods. Taking cognizance of the default penalty of Rs 4,75,200 was imposed on the vehicle and the amount was recovered on spot. A handout issued of Deputy Excise Commissioner, Lakhanpur, Toll Post said that similar attempt was foiled at T P officials recently wherein penalties of Rs 61380 and Rs 66210 were recovered from vehicles bearing registration numbers JK02N-8891 and JK02BP-8471 loaded with cement and iron goods respectively who tried to flee from the Toll Post without paying toll. These operations were supervised by Deputy Excise Commissioner, Toll Post Lakhanpur Ashish Kumar Gupta and carried out by Excise and Taxation officers, Sandeep Gupta, Sajjad Ahmed Sofi, Inspector Harish Chander, Sub Inspectors Zakir Hussain, Darvinder Kumar and Anil Kumar and Excise Guard Ajit Singh. Excise Commissioner, M Raju while lauding the efforts of the team has asked them for more stringent monitoring and enforcement at Toll Post to thwart the evil designs of tax evaders.
