Income sleuths unearth Rs.2 crore TDS scam in Ferozepur

Income sleuths unearth Rs.2 crore TDS scam in Ferozepur

Ferozepur, April 23, 2023:  A case of transfer of TDS – Tax Deducted at Source – amount of Rs.2 crore, in his and his relatives, has come on surface by an outsource employee of Income Tax Department has been unearthed.  A case under Section 420, 120-B has been registered at Ferozepur Cantt police station on the complaint of Naresh Kumar Bansal, Income Tax Officer, against Prince Chopra resident of Ferozepur City along with an unidentified person.

As per details, Prince Chopra an employee of outsourcing in the Income Tax Department transferred TDS of about Rs 2 crore of various government departments – BDPO Ferozepur, EO Nagar Panchayat Mamdot, EO Municipal Council Ferozepur, SSP CID Zonal Ferozepur and IG Ferozepur in the income tax returns of financial year 2020-21 and 2021-22, to his and his relatives’ accounts. It was revealed on investigation of complaints received in in this regard.  On the complaint from Income Tax Officer Naresh Kumar Bansal, a case has been registered against Prince Chopra and unidentified person under various sections of fraud and cheating.

Meanwhile,  the police have started further action by registering a case against the accused and his other accomplices with appointment of Amandeep Kaur as Investigating Officer.  However, the accused is still out of the grip of the police.

In the complaint given to the police, Income Tax Officer Ward No. 3 Naresh Kumar Bansal said that Prince Chopra’s son Pravesh Chopra, resident of Sant Nagar Ichche Wala Road Ferozepur city, along with some of his other colleagues, had looted government departments by falsifying the income tax returns, a scam of about Rs 2 crore has been done. In this, BDPO Ferozepur, EO Nagar Panchayat Mamdot, EO Municipal Council Ferozepur for cheating in income tax returns for the financial years 2020-21 and 2021-22. Prince Chopra, the alleged accused, posted on outsourcing in the Tax Department, attached the said refund to his PAN card and along with the PAN cards of his other acquaintances and got the said amount refunded in their bank accounts.

However, the official said, it is not possible to hoodwink the system since everything is digitised.