CBI court accepts closure report in corruption case

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 15

In the absence of sufficient proof, the Special CBI Court has accepted the closure report in a corruption case.

According to the prosecution, the CBI had received information that during the period from April 1 to June 30, 2014, a total VAT refund of Rs 99,01,391 to M/s Star Enterprise, and Rs 33,73,610 to M/s Shri Tara Babaji Enterprises had fraudulently and dishonestly been paid by the Sales Tax Department, UT, on account of interstate sale, whereas the firms to whom the interstate sale had been shown were not existing, as such Excise and Taxation Department, UT, was cheated.

Following this, the CBI had registered a case under Sections 120-B read with 420, 467, 468, 471 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and 13 (2) read with Section 13 (1) (d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act on April 8, 2016, against RC Bhalla, a resident of Sector 49, Amit Goel, a resident of Sector 7-C, and Rajesh Kumar, a resident of Mani Majra, proprietors of M/s Star Enterprise, Chandigarh, and M/s Shri Tara Babaji Enterprises, respectively.

The court order read: “As no sufficient material is available to prosecute the above said accused persons and unnamed officers/officials of the Excise and Taxation Department, as disclosed above, consequently, the present closure report is hereby accepted.”