Summary:
The Nhava Sheva police have booked a Customs House Agent (CHA) and his other accomplices for duping the customs department to the tune of Rs 77 lakh by submitting fake documents to get revenue deposits from the Jawaharlal Nehru Customs House. According to the police, the complainant in the case, Sanjay Mhatre is a customs officers and works with the Special Investigation Department at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) at Nhava Sheva. "In 2017, HCIL applied for refund of revenue deposits at custom department for the 38 bill of entries under which the transactions happened. Total revenue deposit for 31 bills accounted for Rs 1,64,93,416 and refund for two bills was scraped off as it had crossed one year time limit," said a police officer. After clearing the payments for 31 bills of entries, the customs authority before sanctioning the refund payment for five bills found that the revenue deposits were never actually credited to the department..