Fake sales tax officer gets police remand

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Chandigarh: UT Police, on Saturday, produced the

fake sales tax officer

they had arrested before a local court and obtained his daylong police remand for further interrogation. The accused, Balwinder Singh, a resident of Panhkula, was arrested from Burail, Sector 45 late on Friday night.

In his complaint, Sushil Jail, president of Keshorma Complex, Burial, Sector 45 said the accused had been coming to the market for more than a month and he used to identify himself as a sales tax officer.

The complainant alleged that the accused used to threaten shopkeepers for not issuing invoices to customers and he even took clothes and other goods from them. On Friday, the accused reached the market and allegedly threatened them, taking goods without paying. The complainant said shopkeepers conducted enquiries and found that the accused was a fake sales tax officer. Shopkeepers nabbed him and informed the police.

Police said initially, the accused changed his statement but after verifying the facts, Sector 34 police registered a case of cheating and impersonation against Balwinder and arrested him.

4 held for drug peddling

Mohali: Police have arrested four miscreants, including a woman, in three separate cases and booked them all under relevant sections of the NDPS Act. The four accused have been identified as Vikramjit Singh and Roshan Singh of Mohali, Nippi and Kunal Sharma of Haryana. Police said Vikramjit and a Nippi were caught at a checkpost in Zirakpur on Thursday and police recovered 100 intoxicant tablets from their vehicle. In the second case, Roshan, a truck driver, was caught the next day and police recovered 5 Kg poppy husk from him. In the third case, police arrested Kunal Sharma in Zirakpur and recovered 110 intoxicant tablets from him.

SHO Zirakpur, inspector Onkar Singh Brar said, “We have recovered 210 intoxicant tablets along with 5 Kg of poppy husk. A Haryana registered car has also been recovered. Further investigations are on.”


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