Excise officer held for cheating owners of wedding halls

Parmod Kumar Gupta, an inspector with central Excise & Customs, Meerut Division and his associate Abhishek Rai were taken into custody yesterday.

They were arrested based on a complaint filed by manager of a motel on Rohtak road that Parmod and Rai came to his office posing as sales tax officers and wanted to see bills for scrutiny.

The manager got suspicious and contacted some service tax officials who informed that there were no such official with them.

During interrogation, it was revealed that Parmod and his associate have cheated many wedding venue owners impersonating as service tax officers.

The deputy manager of a wedding hall Cosmic Palms also identified them and said that they cheated him of Rs 10,000 on Saturday.

 

"The accused have disclosed to have cheated 12 other wedding venue owners in Delhi. Owner of Dashmesh wedding venue in Bhajanpura has also identified them and claimed to have been cheated of Rs 54,000 on December 12 through same modus-operandi," a senior police official said.