Excise Dept raids Sec 7 chemist shop

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 21

On the directions of Excise and Taxation Commissioner Mandip Singh Brar, the Excise and Taxation Department, UT, today conducted a search on the business premises of M/S Romeela Chemist, Sector 7-C, Chandigarh.

The search began at noon and lasted till 7 pm. It was conducted under the supervision of ETOs Amanpreet Singh and Maanek Ahlawat.

The chemist mainly deals in medicines, sanitisers, etc, and was not filing GSTR-3B monthly tax returns from January 2020 onwards in spite of doing regular business.

Certain documents and a computer system have been seized by the department for verification.

The entire stock checking has also been done by the inspecting team.