DHUBRI: A major corruption scandal is reported to have taken place in the Office of the Assistant Commissioner of Taxes in Assam's Dhubri.
A senior assistant has been suspended over allegations of manipulating Goods and Services Tax (GST) documents linked to coal depot firms.
The scheme involves fake invoices and fraudulent GST claims and has reportedly inflicted a loss of Rs. 6 crore to the Assam government between 2021 and 2023.
The controversy came to the fore following a recent internal investigation which found Subungcha Mwshahary, a former Superintendent at the Dhubri office, to be involved in manipulating GST documents for coal exporters.
These exporters, who had purchased coal from various depots in the state with verified GST papers, were allegedly deceived by depot owners who forged documents to evade tax.
Investigations discovered that the coal depots produced counterfeit invoices, following which, the businesses were shut down to avoid detection, leaving no trails for the tax officials to follow.
It has been revealed that Konkendra Fouzdar, a suspended Senior Assistant, played a central role in the scandal. Fouzdar reportedly used a computer at the office that Mwshahary also had access to, where the fake documents were processed.
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