KARACHI: Custom Taxation and Anti-Smuggling Court judge Syed Faiz Rasool Rashdi has extended interim pre-arrest bail of a suspect namely Haider Saleem, proprietor of M/s Gatway International who was booked in a mega tax evasion case.
According to the prosecution, the staff of the Directorate General of Intelligence and Investigation (Enforcement) Regional Tax Office, Karachi, lodged an FIR against M/s Easir Traders and other associates in crime on April 6, 2017 for their alleged involvement in the removal of a gasoline generator from a bonded warehouse, M/s Lokhandwala SITE Karachi. The generator was imported vide Goods Declaration on November 26, 2014.
As per FIR, Shah Rukh Easir, proprietor of M/s Easir Traders, Mansoor son of Muhammad Hussain Lokkhandwala, owner of M/s Lokkhandwala, Haider Saleem, proprietor of M/s Gateway International and their associates are involved in evading the customs duty and taxes to the tune of Rs 2,110,719.
A case was registered against them in violation of section 18, 32, (1) (2) 79 (1) and 104 of the customs act, 1969 read with section 86, 97, 98 and 116 punishable under section 156 (1) (14) (50) (59) and (82) ibid further read with section 3, 6, 7A, and 34 of the Sales Tax Act, 1990 and section 148 of the Income Tax Ordinance, 2001.
