Dimapur, June 12 (EMN): In the backdrop of the IT raid conducted all over India against Sreevalsam Group, Against Corruption and Unabated Taxation (ACAUT) Nagaland has urged Income Tax department to initiate investigations against the activities of Vinay Kumar Sethi alias Tinku and his benami firms.
The ACAUT was of the opinion that the PDS scam involving Vinay Kumar Sethi was even bigger than the fodder scam of Bihar involving Rs 900 crores or the PDS scam of Arunachal Pradesh involving Rs 1000 crore.
In a representation to the Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, Dimapur Circle, ACAUT chairman Joel Naga and its member Mar Longkumer have urged the department concerned to initiate investigation against benami accounts of Vinay Kumar Sethi aka Tinku, accused of the multi-thousand crore rice scam as well as for murder.ACAUT representation said it had exposed a multi-thousand crore rice scam in Dimapur involving PDS on December 9, 2016, for which an FIR was registered against the kingpin namely, Vinay Kumar Sethi aka Tinku at the Sub-Urban Police Station. It also alleged that the said accused was running his enterprise under the cover of two firms namely M/S Lotha Trading Agency and M/S RZ Lotha, both in the name of R Zumomo Lotha, an IT exemptee, thereby violating relevant sections of the IT Act. It said an FIR was also registered against M/S Lotha Trading Agency and M/S RZ Lotha.
Besides, ACAUT also alleged Tinku as a murder accused on the PDS related issue with the Office of the ADC (J) for which a warrant of arrest was issued on February 19, 2008. However, it stated no arrest has been made till date.
In the light of the above stated circumstances, ACAUT has urged the competent authority to initiate investigations against the activities of Vinay Kumar Sethi and his benami firms, adding the PDS scam was even bigger than the fodder scam of Bihar involving Rs 900 crores or the PDS scam of Arunachal Pradesh involving Rs 1000 crore.
