Assam multi-crore rupees scam: CID quizzes five tax-excise officials
A top official of CID said that, the sleuths of CID grilled two tax officials John Sona, Samsul Hoque, deputy commissioner of excise department Pranjal Bora, assistant commissioner Siddhartha Shankar Dutta and excise inspector Madhuparna Das.
“All officials were interrogated at the CID office for several hours. We had summoned them after their names allegedly involved into the multi-crore rupees scam,” the top CID official said.
Earlier, CID had arrested excise superintendent Amarendra Nath from Delhi in connection with the scam.
“During interrogation, Amarendra Nath had revealed several vital clues into the scam,” the CID official said.
The tax evasion scam came to light after former commissioner of excise Shamsher Singh filed an FIR before CID to probe irregularities in the department.
Police had already arrested liquor mafia Rajesh Jalan and proprietor of BG bonded warehouse Bonti Gogoi Pegu in connection with the Rs 40 crore scam.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
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