Tax evasion angle in Cleartrip data theft case

The data theft case involving employees of online portal Cleartrip has got murkier. The Gurgaon police, which probed the case, says key accused Amit Taneja allegedly evaded income tax on payments received from a Mauritius-based firm.

The tax evasion angle came to light following an examination of his laptops and Blackberry phones. Last August, the police arrested Cleartrip CEO Stuart Crighton and other company officials, following a complaint of data theft by Himanshu Singh, managing director of Travelocity.

The online travel industry was shaken after Singh accused Crighton, his rival, of conniving with Taneja, head of Travelocity’s subsidiary company, Desiya, to steal proprietary business data.