Hyderabad: A cold war between the crime investigation department (CID) and the commercial tax department (CTD) in the investigation of Bodhan fake challan scam, in which Rs 300 crore of tax money has been allegedly siphoned off by certain department officials and a private tax consultant, is preventing a full expose of the scam.
Traders who did not pay tax or paid only part of it were issued fake challans by brokers in connivance with some CTD officials to make it look like they had paid taxes in full. In return, brokers and officials allegedly collected large sums in bribes from traders. Eight CTD officials were arrested some time ago.
In 2017, the CID arrested key accused Shivaraj and his son Sunil, a deputy commissioner, two commercial tax officers, and three retired officers in the case.
Shivaraj had allegedly diverted the amounts collected through fake challans to his account. The CID has identified a loss of Rs 300 crore to the CTD.
The CID has received the report from the treasury department, but it had been waiting for the past two years for the details of the officials who were worked in the Bodhan and Nizamabad circle for the period of 2005 to 2016.
Sources in the CID revealed that the CTD officials are not cooperating with the investigation unit and have not given the details required by the CID.
Sources disclosed that the CID suspects the involvement of 40 officials in the scam right from junior assistant to senior officers working at the CTD headquarters.
When this correspondent contacted officials in the CID and the CTD, neither was prepared to comment on the cold war between officials of both wings.
