Chennai: DMK leader MK Stalin on Friday surrendered his illegally-imported Hummer to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Chennai. Sources said Stalin's son Udayanidhi came to the Chennai office of the agency and handed over Sports Utility Vehicle Hummer which was imported in 2007 and registered in his name.
They said the car was one of the vehicles which were allegedly imported by Hyderabad businessman Alex C Joseph evading customs duties and sold to influential people at attractive rates.
In a nation-wide search operation in March, CBI had recovered at least 33 luxury vehicles from various places which were alleged to have been imported by Joseph in alleged violation of the laws.
The search by the CBI team at the residence of Stalin to look for a Hummer, just couple of days after DMK withdrew support from UPA Government, had sparked a political storm with the agency launching an internal inquiry to see if there were any procedural lapses in searches....
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The recent CBI raids on DMK leader and M Karunanidhi's son MK Stalin revealed an elaborate smuggling scam amounting to a Rs 50 crore tax evasion. The incident caused huge political ruckus in New Delhi. While no illegal car was found in the DMK leader's house, the CBI did recover several vehicles from others - notably N Srinivasan. ...
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The CBI on Friday seized 11 cars belonging to BCCI chief and India Cements promoter N Srinivasan. ...
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The CBI has said that the imported cars scam unearthed in Chennai may perhaps be the biggest of its kind in India. The scam, in which, the CBI says that officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) are also involved, reportedly caused a loss of Rs 50 crore to the government exchequer. ...
04:43 PM, Mar 22, 2013
Sports utility vehicles, imported cars and motorcycles, mobile phones, eating out at air-conditioned restaurants and cigarettes will become costlier with Finance Minister P Chidambaram deciding to impose higher taxes on these items. On the other hand, there is good news for ladies as far as jewellery is concerned as they will be allowed to bring more duty free gold items provided they have stayed out of India for more than...
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