KARACHI: The Special Customs and Taxation Court on Thursday once again directed the investigation officer to submit final challan in a case pertaining to issuance of fake sale tax invoices of more than Rs 1 billion.
On the request of investigation officer, Rashid Chandrigar, the court gave him more time to submit final challan. The court directed the prosecution and defence side to forward their arguments on the post-arrest bail pleas of accused Arshad Ali Khan and Tousif Ahmad on Monday.
According to the officials of Intelligence and Investigation Department of Inland Revenue, Karachi, the suspects Arshad Ali Khan, Javed Anwar Khan, Tauseef, and Rashid Ali Khan issued invoices in the guise of bogus companies claiming over Rs 1 billion from the sales tax department. An FIR was registered against them in January 2015.
Accused Arshad Ali Khan and Tousif Ahmad are in judicial custody; however, Jawed Anwer and Rashid Ali Khan are still at large. Arshad Ali Khan, who claimed to be proprietor of Kotila Corporation, along with his other accomplices, had been fraudulently issuing fake sales tax invoices.
Later, the officials found that the original proprietor of Kotila Corporation, Noor Mohammad, had expired in Feb 2007 and the tax department was also intimated about cancellation of sales tax registration of the firm.
