THE OLD SETTLERS OF SIKKIM

Police seized 3 overloaded trucks along with two tax evader dealers
Sanjay Agarwal

Police seized 3 overloaded trucks along with two tax evader dealers

11 March, Rangpo: Sikkim police has busted a scam related to state’s revenue theft by the transporters in which police was successful in nabbing three goods trucks SK 03 1517, SK 03 2917 and SK 03 1617, these trucks were carrying overload essentials than described in the way bill. It was also revealed that the culprits were producing a less way bill to the commercial tax department against the essential goods transported in the state from outside state. Initially the police suspected some discrepancy in the consignment, doubt later turned to become real that these trucks were using a forged transportation documents to carry their illicit consignments. In these 3 trucks an excessive numbers of goods comprising of cement bags, bricks and water tanks were shipped from Siliguri compared to the details described in the challans. After tallying the exact numbers of essential goods the police lodged a case under section 417/46/471/511/34 of IPC against the two dealers possessing the said consignments namely Vishnu Agarwal of Ranipool and Naresh Agarwal of Deorali, th duo were arrested later.
The state transport department had notified all the transport trucks a limit of 8 tonns of essential goods but the transporters violated the rules set by the authority and begun transporting 12 to 18 tonns. This clearly indicates that the transporters are not just violating the transport department’s rules & norms but also duping the state government by paying revenue for just 8 tonns only in each transit. The illegal overloading of trucks are responsible of damaging the road in the state. In this connection the police has intercepted into the matter firmly so as to estimate and unveil more illegal transporters involved into this business and also calculating the gross revenue loss being beared by the state government due to rash practices in this scam.