GURGAON: In a new twist to the MCG property tax evasion rip-off, the civic frame has found out that a few of its staff had floated a fake website to trap other people to get their taxes decreased.
These staff cast the signatures of senior MCG officers for this function, thus causing a lack of a minimum of Rs five crore to the company. Police proceedings were filed in August and an investigation is currently underway.
The alleged rip-off came to mild in August this yr when an FIR was once filed at Sadar police station, following a criticism by a zonal taxation officer of the MCG, in which to start with six houses were mentioned for alleged tax evasion. Later, seven more houses were included in the criticism and every other FIR was once lodged at at DLF-2 police station. Preliminary probe urged these frauds came about between August 2015 and April 2017.
"We have found out that three employees had made changes in the property tax amount for 95 properties. These employees forged the signatures of senior officials by taking other signed documents and scanning and photocopying these documents," MCG commissioner V Umashankar informed TOI on Thursday.
Talking about the investigation, the MCG commissioner said the police were operating on the case. However on the company's entrance, "we have found out the property owners who were party to the frauds and have started recovering the money from these persons," he said.
Umashankar said probably the most staff concerned in the rip-off were got rid of from the company remaining yr itself. "And necessary provisions have been made to ensure that similar transactions do not take place again," he added.
When contacted, Gurgaon police commissioner Sandeep Khirwar said, "The matter is under investigation and I will not be able to make any further comment at this moment."
These staff cast the signatures of senior MCG officers for this function, thus causing a lack of a minimum of Rs five crore to the company. Police proceedings were filed in August and an investigation is currently underway.
The alleged rip-off came to mild in August this yr when an FIR was once filed at Sadar police station, following a criticism by a zonal taxation officer of the MCG, in which to start with six houses were mentioned for alleged tax evasion. Later, seven more houses were included in the criticism and every other FIR was once lodged at at DLF-2 police station. Preliminary probe urged these frauds came about between August 2015 and April 2017.
"We have found out that three employees had made changes in the property tax amount for 95 properties. These employees forged the signatures of senior officials by taking other signed documents and scanning and photocopying these documents," MCG commissioner V Umashankar informed TOI on Thursday.
Talking about the investigation, the MCG commissioner said the police were operating on the case. However on the company's entrance, "we have found out the property owners who were party to the frauds and have started recovering the money from these persons," he said.
Umashankar said probably the most staff concerned in the rip-off were got rid of from the company remaining yr itself. "And necessary provisions have been made to ensure that similar transactions do not take place again," he added.
When contacted, Gurgaon police commissioner Sandeep Khirwar said, "The matter is under investigation and I will not be able to make any further comment at this moment."
MCG property tax scam: Employees float bogus website to lure people
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