The CBI has registered a case against Deputy Commissioner of Customs CS Pavan and others and conducted searches on Wednesday at eight places including Mumbai, Pune and Delhi at the premises of public servants and private persons including Importer & Custom Broker.
The searches yielded `9 lakh (approximately) and incriminating documents, officials said.
A case was registered against Deputy Commissioner of Customs and others including Appraiser Group, Appraiser Shed, Examiner Shed and private persons, the CBI said in a statement.
“It was alleged that said Customs officials while posted at Air Cargo Complex, Sahar, Mumbai during 2016-17 entered into a conspiracy with others including proprietors of private companies and fraudulently cleared the consignments which were declared ‘Metal Toy Gun’ under CTH 95030030 instead of CTH 93039000 and also, there was undervaluation of the goods in violation of the Import Policy as mandated in the Compulsory Customs Requirements (CCRs), thereby causing the pecuniary advantage to the importer and loss to the Government of India,” the agency said, adding investigation is continuing.
The accused persons include CS Pavan, Deputy Commissioner, KSN Reddy, Appraiser Group, Gangadhar Goud, Appraiser Shed, Santosh Anaji Shelar, Appraiser Shed, Lalit Singha, Examiner Shed, Amit Kumar, Examiner Shed,
Sagar K Pitalwar (Importer), Proprietor of Balaji Automotives Solutions, Vinay Singh, proprietor of Ocean Waves (Custom Broker) and unknown persons.