DIMAPUR, JUNE 12 (MExN): In the light of the Income Tax raid all over India against Sreevalsam Group, ACAUT Nagaland on Monday sought the attention of the IT department to initiate investigation into the benami account (s) of the alleged kingpin of the PDS rice scam, Vinay Kumar Sethi alias Tinku.
In a representation addressed to the Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, Dimapur Circle, the ACAUT Nagaland claimed that it had exposed a multi-thousand crore rice scam in Dimapur involving PDS on the December 9, 2016 for which a FIR was registered against Vinay Kumar Sethi aka Tinku, at the Sub-Urban PS.
ACAUT 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. Consequently FIR against M/S Lotha Trading Agency and M/S RZ Lotha has also been registered, it informed.
ACAUT opined that the PDS scam is even bigger than the Fodder Scam of Bihar involving Rs 900 Crore or the the PDS scam of Arunachal Pradesh involving Rs 1000 Crore.
