Under a well-coordinated action to curb irregularities in the state, the special teams of the Haryana Chief Minister’s Flying Squad (CMFS) have conducted surprise raids at 554 places, registered 242 cases, and arrested 340 persons in 2021.
As a result of these raids, the total fine and cost of other items recovered have been found to be more than Rs 13.89 crore. These raids were conducted after receiving information about various irregularities committed by accused persons, said an official spokesman.
He said that the raids were mainly focused to check the manufacturing of adulterated and spurious products including illicit liquor, busting of fake call centers and GST frauds, electricity theft, black marketing of domestic gas cylinders and oxygen cylinders, illegal mining, drug peddling, checking of overload vehicles, irregularities in issuing the driving license, and registration certificate etc.
Out of the total cases registered, 124 are under thorough investigation while the chargesheet in 118 FIRs has been submitted in the concerned courts, he said.
CMFS is a premier agency that is working under the overall supervision and control of ADG CID Alok Mittal.
The spokesperson further said that the flying squad teams had raided 107 places to clampdown on the manufacturing of adulterated and spurious products and arrested 6 persons in this connection. These raids led to the recovery of fines and cost of goods to the tune of over Rs 3.64 crores.
Besides, samples have also been collected from factories or shops manufacturing various food items and sent for lab testing, he said.
In a drive to check illicit liquor, the flying squad teams arrested 114 persons by conducting 98 surprise raids which led to the recovery of over Rs 3.98 crore from the accused last year, the spokesman said.
Similarly, a total of 623 inquiries were registered by the Chief Minister's flying squad during last year, of which 501 have been disposed of.
The spokesman also said that in a complaint received in CID for inquiry from the office of Lokayukta, SIT was constituted to look into the matter of VAT scam. After starting the said investigation by the SIT of the Chief Minister's flying squad, 142 FIRs in connection with the VAT scam have been registered in 2021, he added.