Three tax inspectors among four held for illegal raid in Mumbai
The Hindu
“All the four have been charged with extortion,” an official said.
Two Sales Tax- and one Income Tax inspectors along with one more person were arrested for allegedly conducting an illegal raid on a property owner’s premises in Kalbadevi in south Mumbai without intimating the State GST office and extorting ₹11 lakh, police said on Friday.
The incident in the office of property owner Jotikumar Jain took place on June 14 and the four were arrested on Thursday, an official said.
“Jain owns properties in several areas of the city and two people collect rent on his behalf. On June 14, the four accused raided his premises, during which staffers produced ₹30 lakh cash and record books. The four, posing as sales tax inspectors, took away ₹11 lakh with them. Jain soon found out the raid was not an authorised one,” he said.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.