KARACHI: The Special Court of Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling on Tuesday directed the counsel for an accused, booked in a case pertaining to issuance of fake sales tax invoices of more than Rs 1 billion, to submit certified copy of fresh order of the Sindh High Court (SHC) on the suspect’s bail petition.
Judge Syed Faiz Rasool Rashdi gave this direction after the defense and prosecution side made contradictory statements about whether suspect Javed Anwar Khan is out on bail or an absconder.
The investigation officer told the court that Javed is absconding accused as he was granted bail by the high court but later his bail was cancelled.
However, the suspect’s counsel maintained that his client is out on bail as the high court had never cancelled his bail. In fact, his bail was extended by the court during the last hearing.
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 name 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 Touseef Ahmad are in judicial custody; however, Jawed Anwar and Rashid Ali Khan are still at large. Arshad Ali Khan, who claimed to be proprietor of Kotila Corporation, along with his other accomplices fraudulently, issued fake sales tax invoices.
Later, the officials found that the original proprietor of Kotila Corporation, Noor Mohammad, expired in February 2007 and the tax department was also intimated about cancellation of sales tax registration of the firm.
