Bhopal

Cops book 3 for Rs 70L fraud in depositing tax of trucks in Andhra

Staff Reporter

Chunabhatti police has booked three employees of  Dilip Buildcon Ltd for duping to the tune of Rs 70 lakh in the name of depositing tax of trucks in Andhra Pradesh.

Police said that three employees were assigned to deposit tax of trucks bought in Andhra Pradesh for work but the accused never deposited money with the RTO and fraud surfaced after company received notice from the RTO.

A complaint was lodged by manager Kanhaiyalal Verma of Dilip Buildcon Ltd stating that three employees identified as Ashutosh Chaturvedi, Shivanak Kumar and Prayankant were involved in the work and assigned to deposit tax with the RTO for 82 trucks bought for project in Andhra Pradesh but the three deposited half the tax and fraudulently kept the remaining half which was Rs 70 lakh and later they stopped working for the company.

The company was not aware of the fraud and later RTO issued notice in the name of the company after which company came to know about the fraud and in the audit it was found that the employees were involved in the fraud.