Raipur 6 December: Chief Minister Vishnu Dev Sai has taken seriously the incident of businessmen threatening state tax inspectors during government work and has directed strict action on it. It is noteworthy that the State Tax GST Department is identifying bogus firms, suspicious firms on the basis of risk parameters and taking action for physical verification of such firms. On the instructions of the department, State Tax Inspectors Mrs. Ritu Sonkar and Homesh Verma were directed to physically verify the business after receiving a complaint of irregularity against M/s Yogesh Commercial, Mahesh Colony, Gudhiyari, Raipur and Rahul Sharma of M/s Jagannath Construction, Daldal Seoni. In compliance with the order, the tax inspectors went for physical verification, but the said two businessmen misbehaved with the inspectors and threatened them, which caused hindrance in the government work of physical verification of the business. This act of the businessmen was taken seriously by Chief Minister Sai.
Under the direction of Chief Minister Sai, the department investigated the transactions of the businessmen and today the department conducted investigation and seizure proceedings at the establishments of both the firms for tax evasion and non-compliance of the provisions of the GST Act. The department took action to register an FIR in the police station against the said persons for obstructing government work and threatening the officers.