Sindh Revenue and Excise Department recovered a luxury car stolen from London
In a case of theft, violation of tax laws
and illegal search of a luxury car, customs officials raided the house of the
Defense Housing Authority. As a result, the Bentley Mulsanne car that was
allegedly stolen in London was registered with the Sindh Revenue and Excise
Department.
Foreign spies allegedly discovered the
location of the vehicle and informed the customs authorities who detained 2
persons from DHA House and registered an FIR against them.
The excise department is accused of
facilitating tax evasion of over Rs 30 crore while the provincial government
registered the luxury vehicle. While importing the vehicle without the
permission of the Ministry of External Affairs and the NOC issued by the
customs, the value of the vehicle was reported as Rs 4 crore 14 lakh.
According to the FIR registered against
the detained accused Jameel Shafi, Naveed Balwani and an unidentified
facilitator of the Sindh Excise and Taxation Department and others, the Customs
Collection Office received a "reliable" information from Dost Malik's
intelligence agency, which said That a Bentley car was stolen. DHA, suspected
to be from London, is stationed at a house (15-B South, 10th Street) in
Karachi.
In this regard, the customs officials
examined the facts and after fulfilling the legal requirements, searched the
house along with the official and traced the vehicle parked there.
Officials asked the 'owner' Jameel Shafi
to provide legal documents of the vehicle. In which, instead of producing legal
documents, he said that the vehicle was sold to him by a person named Naveed
Balwani with the terms of the agreement that he would be responsible for all
matters of getting the required documents approved by the authorities. Valid
till November 2022..
According to the FIR, the vehicle was
impounded because the owner's statement was not satisfactory and the vehicle
document could not be produced.
During the whole process Naveed Balwani
was also seen there, when asked to produce the legal documents for the vehicle,
Naveed Balwani expressed his 'failure' to provide the required documents and
did not give a 'satisfactory answer'.
During preliminary investigation, Naveed
Balwani told the customs that he had only helped to arrange a deal between
Jameel Shafi and another person named Naveed Yameen regarding money and
documents. While Naveed Yameen received cash and money order from Jameel Shafi
as payment for the vehicle.
It has been stated in the FIR that the
said vehicle was checked on the Sindh Government Car Registration Tax and
Excise Department website and it was revealed that the vehicle was already
registered in the Sindh Government Car Registration Tax and Excise Department.
That is illegal. In this case sale permission from Ministry of External
Affairs, NOC from Pakistan Customs was required along with payment of duties
and taxes.
The FIR states that the suspicious
registration of the vehicle indicates the collusion of the staff of the
Taxation and Excise Department of Motor Registration.
The Customs Department has named Naveed
Yameen and an unidentified official of the Excise Department in the case
registered under the relevant provisions of the Customs Act, 1969.
Customs officials believe that the named
persons kept the said vehicle "illegally" and defrauded Rs
30,742,7997 in duty and taxes.
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