Chief General Manager of Telecommunication sentenced in a CBI case related to Central Excise
A CBI Press Release states that a CGM of Telecom had been sentenced to undergo two years Rigorous Imprisonment in a CBI case related to Central Excise.
CBI investigation revealed that the then Chief General Manager, Telecom, the then Asstt. Director and Ex Dy. General Manager had abused their official position & allowed Shri Ashok Kumar Patra of M/s T. Krishna Patra to claim and receive an amount of Rs. 4,22,100/- as Central Excise Duty for sale of Electronic Push Button Telephone (EPBT) sets to the Department of Telecommunication. It was also established that M/s Tata Keltron Ltd., the approved supplier of DOT had already been paid the said Central Excise Duty for the said product at the time of removal of the EPBTs from the factory and as such the supplier firm M/s T. Krishna Patra had left with no option to claim and draw the said duty. These acts of the DOT Officers and the private person/ firm constituted offence U/s 120-B/420 IPC and Sec. 13(2) r/w Sec. 13(1)(d) of P.C. Act. 1988 and as such charge sheet was filed against the then Asstt. Director; the then DGM; then CGMT all of Orissa Telecom Circle, Bhubaneswar; Shri Ashok Kumar Patra (Pvt. person) and M/s T. Krishna Patra in the court of Special Judge, CBI, Bhubaneswar on 18.03.1998.
God knows what the CGM knew about excise!