A Vigilance team raided the Rourkela railway station on Tuesday and seized materials worth Rs 3.5 lakh from the station. The sleuths also collected penalty of Rs 3.5 lakh from different persons for bringing materials without proper documents like bills and waybills in a bid to evade tax.
Acting on a tipoff, some officials of the Sambalpur sales tax vigilance wing led by its Deputy Commissioner Ashok Panigrahi, under the direction of district Vigilance SP JN Pankaj, along with other Rourkela vigilance officials conducted the raid.
The team summoned the addressees and released their materials after collecting the penalty amount, said Sambalpur Vigilance Commercial Tax Officer PK Dasmohapatra, adding, “We have seized the packets since nobody turned up to claim these.”