KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday put off until November 10 a bail confirmation plea of a suspect who was booked in a case pertaining to the issuance of fake sale tax invoices of more than Rs 1 billion.
A single bench headed by Justice Hassan Azhar Rizvi adjourned the matter following the request of the applicant’s counsel. Suspect Jawed Anwar Khan has filed the application seeking confirmation of his interim bail in the case.
According to the officials of Intelligence and Investigation Department of Inland Revenue, Karachi, suspects Arshad Ali Khan, Javed Anwar Khan, Tauseef, and Rashid Ali Khan issued invoices in 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, Rashid Ali Khan is still at large. Jawed was granted bail by the high court.
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.
