KARACHI: The Special Custom and Taxation Court on Wednesday issued non-bailable warrants for the arrest of absconding accused in a case pertaining to issuance of filing fake sale tax invoices of more than Rs 1 billion.
Judge Syed Faiz Rasool Rashdi gave more time to investigation officer Rashid Chandrigar to submit the final challan.
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 Jawed Anwer are in judicial custody, however, Tousif Ahmad 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 fradulently 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.
The hearing was adjourned till September 10, 2015.
