4 ACCUSED IN BODHAN BOGUS CHALLANS CASE OF COMMERCIAL TAX DEPARTMENT ARRESTED BY CID TEAM, T.S.
Hyderabad(May, 16) : In a case of Criminal Breach of Trust, Forgery, Cheating and Criminal conspiracy that occurred in Commercial Tax Office Bodhan since 2012 wherein Simhadri Laxmi Sivaraj, his son Simhadri Venkata Suneel and their staff conspired with the active collusion of the officers of Commercial Tax Department, created bogus challans for payments made by VAT payers, made false entries in the VATIS Portal and caused loss to the tune of Rs. 231,22,76,967/- to the Government exchequer.
Basing on the report, SHO, Bodhan Town PS registered a case in Cr. No. 52/2017, U/s 406, 420, 468 R/w 34 of IPC at Bhodan Town PS. Later, the case file was transferred to CID, TS. So far 17 accused have been arrested in this case.
On 16.05.2023 a team headed by the Investigation Officer N. Shyam Prasad Rao, DSP, with team members P. Venkatshwarlu, Inspector of Police, J. Lingaswamy, Inspector of Police, G. Veeraiah, SI of Police, D.Ramesh, SI of Police, K. Chennakesavulu, ASI of Police, A. Krishna Kumar, ARSI, S. Sujatha, WHC, P. Venkateshwarlu, HC 1977 and N. Venkateshwarlu, PC 902 apprehended the accused K. Vijaya Kumar, Jaganti Rajaiah, S. Sailu and Ch. Swarna Latha from different places and produced them before the Special Judge for SPE & ACB Cases at Karimnagar for judicial custody.
On the directions of Mahesh Bhagwat-IPS, Addl. DGP-CID, TS and under the able guidance of K. Venkata Lakshmi, Superintendent of Police, EOW, CID, TS, Hyderabad, the above team apprehended the accused who are absconding since registration of the case and sent them for judicial custody. In this regard, ADGP, CID, TS has appreciated the said team. Further investigation is in progress.