Air Customs – top corporate houses involved in aircraft import evasion
Customs Commissioner, Anoop Swarup , yesterday gave a media presentation on the Customs Duty evasion on import of private aircrafts and the alleged offenders are the Captains of India's Corporate world from India Bulls to India Hotels with the new aviation Giant GMR not excluded. The Customs has already collected around Rs. 55 Crores and has about a Thousand Crores in Bonds and Bank Guarantees. 13 aircrafts have been so far seized.
Thankfully, the department is releasing all the Seized aircrafts – otherwise they would gather dust in Custom Houses and become un-usable. Incidentally, yesterday the DRI seized a ship and God knows where they are going to keep it – there is nobody to ask for a provisional release, the Captain is arrested and is in jail.