Bhubaneswar: An assistant commissioner of CT & GST Enforcement Unit in Jajpur district has come under the scanner of Odisha Vigilance for allegedly siphoning government money.
On the allegation of causing loss to the Government in disposal of vehicle carrying MS Scrap goods illegally without collecting taxes and penalty to the tune of Rs.5,85,356 by Binay Bhusan Tripathy, CT & GST officer, CT & GST Enforcement Unit, Jajpur Road, Jajpur, a verification was conducted by Vigilance, Cuttack Division.
During the incumbency of Tripathy as Assistant Commissioner of CT & GST Enforcement Unit, Jajpur Road, Jajpur, on 07.05.2024 at 01 PM, he intercepted one goods conveyance Vehicle bearing carrying MS Scrap weighing about 22,240 Kgs of worth Rs.8,89,600 at Revena, Jajpur.
In this connection, Tripathy contacted the owner of the goods, and asked him to deposit Rs.3,20,000 in the Cash Ledger as Tax and further demanded Rs.2,50,000 towards illegal gratification in order to release his vehicle and material.
However, when the bribe demand was not met, in contravention to the Laws of GST, Tripathy, with an ulterior motive, illegally sold the entire Scrap to another Scrap dealer, and realized the tax and misappropriated the balance amount Rs.5,85,356.00.
This apart, Tripathy is alleged to have similarly collected huge bribe amounts from various transporters and suppliers on grounds of evasion of taxes.
In this connection, searches are being conducted today by Odisha Vigilance at the following 5 places linked to Tripathy.
The Vigilance sleuths raided Tripathy’s Government quarter no. IV-R-10/3, Unit-2, Bhubaneswar; his paternal house located at village Padmapur, Nirakarpur, Dist. Khordha; farm house under construction at Padmapur, PS. Nirakarpur; Flat no.201, Krushnapriya Apartment Uttara Munda Muhana,Barmunda Bhubaneswar of Tripathi.