Excise Dept raids 2 tobacco dealers

Amritsar, December 24

Sleuths of the Excise and Taxation Department raided the premises of two tobacco dealers here on Wednesday. They took their records into custody for further investigations. There were complaints of evasion of tax by the two firms located in Cheel Mandi and Majith Mandi here.

Rajwinder Kaur, DTC, Excise and Taxation, said that there were certain complaints that the two companies were evading taxes. Therefore excise and taxation teams raided the godown and offices of two firms and took the records into custody. She said the records were being examined for further necessary action.

The raid started at around 12 noon and continued for around six hours during which they examined the entire records. — TNS