NCB sniffs for one more coke haul

NCB sniffs for one more coke haul

Baljeet Parmar

Thursday, June 08, 2006  01:18 IST

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1034146

MUMBAI: Just days after confiscating a record haul of 200kg of cocaine from the Nhava Sheva port, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) is looking for two more consignments, said to weigh 300kg.

The consignments are thought to belong to the same cartel that had shipped the cache recovered on Sunday.

The NCB is working closely with international enforcement agencies to track the shipments.

The agencies have determined that a 500kg cocaine consignment meant for Spain and Germany, of which Sunday’s haul was a part, reached Mumbai from Ecuador. Though NCB Director KC Verma refused to give details, he said his officers are working round the clock on “reliable information”.

The NCB has learnt that Sunday’s haul was to be shipped to Karachi and then to Colombo and Europe. “The destination indicates the possibility of Dawood Ibrahim’s involvement,” said an intelligence officer.

The scope of the current operation extends beyond Mumbai. The first tip-off came from an American source. The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence verified the information on the basis of import documents and shipping data.

Meanwhile, Additional Director Om Prakash said the NCB’s Mumbai unit is identifying the gang responsible for transferring cocaine from sealed containers to those headed for Europe.

With Poornima Swaminathan

Did Nhava Sheva, Mumbai Custom House and CFS Mulund Customs officials help fraudsters ? WHAT action have you taken on these Customs Officials ? Who are those officials ?? Rs 300 crore EXCISE REBATE SCAM UNEARTHED IN SURAT BUT CBEC TOPBRASS YET TO ACT AGAINST CONNIVING OFFICIALS!

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Date:	Sun, 30 Apr 2006 07:42:50 -0700 (PDT)
From:	"Venkat Kumaraswamy" <vmkumaraswamy@yahoo.com>
Subject:	Did Nhava Sheva, Mumbai Custom House and CFS Mulund Customs officials help fraudsters ? WHAT action have you taken on these Customs Officials ? Who are those officials ?? Rs 300 crore EXCISE REBATE SCAM UNEARTHED IN SURAT BUT CBEC TOPBRASS YET TO ACT AGAINST CONNIVING OFFICIALS!
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Smt. Neerja Shah
Addl DG (VIg.)
Directorate General of Vigilance,
Customs and Central Excise
West Zonal Unit, 4th Floor,
Transport House, Poona Street, Masjid (East)
Mumbai – 40009

Phone No. (022) 22619506
Fax (022) 23703133

e-mail:  adgvigwest@cbec.gov.in
mail2vigilance@indiatimes.com

Sub: Did Nhava Sheva, Mumbai Custom House and CFS Mulund Customs officials help fraudsters ? WHAT action have you taken on these Customs Officials ? Who are those officials ??

Rs 300 crore EXCISE REBATE SCAM UNEARTHED IN SURAT BUT CBEC TOPBRASS YET TO ACT AGAINST CONNIVING OFFICIALS!
http://www.taxindiaonline.com/RC2/inside2.php3?filename=bnews_detail.php3&newsid
=167&PHPSESSID=676941f326a4b526a5884505a209f820

By TIOL News Service

SURAT, NOV 18 : EVERY revenue scam exposes the inadequacy in the existing monitoring mechanism. And this is what can be abundantly seen in the recently-detected excise rebate scam of more than Rs 300 crore! What makes it more glaring and smells of deep-rooted connivance of not only junior but even some of senior revenue officials is its genesis in the year 2002-03 and the improvised modus operani.

Taking undue advantage of non-computerised CFS Mulund (TIOL had earlier predicted its scam potential in a series of articles), a large number of exporters forged the genuine shipping bills by simply putting their names and allowing other details to remain the same and went on availing excise rebate for exports of man made fabrics.

Though about 10 of such exporters have been arrested by the Preventive so far but the fact remains that these exporters had obtained IEC from jurisdictional DGFT office by furnishing fake addresses and continued to claim rebate by churing out bogus documents having signature of customs officers.

It is learnt that with the help of Nhava Sheva, Mumbai Custom House and CFS Mulund Customs officials these fraudsters continued to outshine notorious Taufiq of EoU scam. And, with the help of shroffs they continued to encash their cheques at discounted rates. Sources

In Surat I Commissionerate alone, the total such rebate sanctioned is in the range of Rs 96 crore last year and more than Rs 86 crore this year so far. The fraud came to be detected when it was seen that the revenue realised from man made fabrics was much lower than the rebate sanctioned. This indeed alarmed several senior revenue officials and then a probe began.

Though the actual dimension of the fraud is yet to quantified by a rough estimate pegs it at more than Rs 300 crore, including Surat II and other neighbouring commissionerates. And what indicates excise officials' connivance is the blatantly fake documents and shipping bills which also indicate the period of exports after the rebate was claimed but none in the department looked into it.

It is learnt that the Directorate of Vigilance is seized of the matter and the Board may take some harsh decisions soon. Though the scam was detected five months and the on-going investigation has unearthed shocking dimension of the scam what is CBEC topbrass waiting for before ordering suspension of some of the obvious conniving ones is not known. But the Finance Minister, who believes that the revenue saved from scam is revenue earned, may take a decision soon.
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Have read this article ? Do you know anything about this case which is reported here above in the article ? Does it come under your jurisdiction and authority ? What have you done on taking Actions on the officials ?

Please provide answers to all the above questions and also to the following questions. We are REQUESTING these information as per Right to Information Act 2005. We want all answers by way of email to us. Email is an efficient way of communicating and getting informations fast. We hope you will provide all the information.

1. Who are in charge of Nhava Sheva, Mumbai Custom House and CFS Mulund Customs ? Please provide the names and address and email ID's and phone numbers.
2. Did you suspend these officers from Nhava Sheva, Mumbai Custom House and CFS Mulund Customs ? Please provide the information.
3. If you did not suspend these officers from Nhava Sheva, Mumbai Custom House and CFS Mulund Customs, What are the reasons for not suspending ?
4. Any actions so far at all on these officers from Nhava Sheva, Mumbai Custom House and CFS Mulund Customs ? Please specify and provide the information.
5. Who is the Investigating officer in this case? Have you taken any actions on this Investigating officer ? Please specify and provide the information by email.
6. Please provide all information by email to save time and for qucik resolutions and for quick actions.

We request News Paper persons to give wide publicity on these matters of saving money for the NATION. We hope this happens.

We hope CVC, CBI and others take notice of all of these things and takes ACTION on every one involved.

If we need any more information from you we will write to you.

Thanks
Sincerely

V. M. Kumaraswamy, MBA
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mail2vigilance <mail2vigilance@indiatimes.com> wrote:

F.No.: II/39(Vig)RTI-02/2006-07 Mumabi, the 24th April, 2006.

Shri V.M. Kumaraswamy

Gentleman,

Please refer to your e-mail dated 16.04.2006, in response to this office letter /e-mail dated 13.04.2006, on the above subject.
2. It appears that the reply of this office vide letter /e-mail dated 13.04.2006 has not been understood by you. It is therefore requested that you may please visit this office on any working day, convenient to you, for further clarifications.
3. Your e-mail revels a high regard for transparency. It is requested that transparency on the following may please be shown:
(i) Do you have the copy of the complaint purportedly sent by Shri Ravinder Kumar, referred to in your e-mail. If so, please inform as to from whom did you get this copy ?
(ii) If you do not have the copy, please inform as to from where and from whom did you get the contents which have been produced in your e-mail?
4. It is further observed that your e-mail dated 16.04.2004 mentions about certain details which are not mentioned in the contents of the complaint purportedly sent by Shri Ravinder Kumar. In view of the same, it is requested that transparency on the following may please be shown:
(i) What makes you say hat Shri V.B. Singh was allowed to join Vigilance due to the case of Taufik Haji Gaffar and he was entrusted to investigate one of the most sensitive case i.e. Surat Rebate case, by me ?
(ii) What do you understand by "CIU'? What makes you think that it is Deputy Commissioner of CIU who should have invoked COFEPOSA?
(iii) How and from whom did you get to know that the then Deputy Commissioner of CIU is working in this office or otherwise?
(iv) Please send the copy of the article which says that Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) V.H. Bathija on 07.03.2001 arrested TAUFIK. How and from whom did you get to know that Mr. V.H. Bathija is working in this office or otherwise?

5. Similarly, in your e-mail dated 19.04.2006, you have mentioned about one Alok Garg who has submitted forged/false/invalid certificate of ex-serviceman to claim age relaxation to join service. However, nothing has been mentioned about as to who Alok Garg is, in which department Alok Garg is working. Please inform as to how and from whom did you get to know that this office is investigating or not investigating Alok Garg or otherwise?
6. It is further requested that documentary or other evidences that may be available with you to establish that the allegations against Shri V.B. Singh, made in the complaint purportedly sent by Shri Ravinder Kumar, are false, may also please be sent to this office.

Yours faithfully,

(NEERJA SHAH)
Additional Director Genera

Nhava Sheva Customs committed to ’seva dharam’; does not mind pepping up officers booked by vigilance! // NEWS is bad for MUMBAI CUSTOMS !!

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Date:	Fri, 5 May 2006 21:22:48 -0700 (PDT)
From:	"Venkat Kumaraswamy" <vmkumaraswamy@yahoo.com>
Subject:	Nhava Sheva Customs committed to 'seva dharam'; does not mind pepping up officers booked by vigilance! // NEWS is bad for MUMBAI CUSTOMS !!
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May 5th 2006

Smt. Neerja Shah
Addl DG (VIg.)
Directorate General of Vigilance,
Customs and Central Excise
West Zonal Unit, 4th Floor,
Transport House, Poona Street, Masjid (East)
Mumbai – 40009

Phone No. (022) 22619506
Fax (022) 23703133

e-mail:  adgvigwest@cbec.gov.in
mail2vigilance@indiatimes.com

Sub:   Nhava Sheva Customs committed to 'seva dharam'; does not mind pepping up officers booked by vigilance!

This NEWS is bad for MUMBAI CUSTOMS !!

Please read the following article which came to day, May 5th 2006 in Taxindiaonline.

 We would like to get information on this please.

Nhava Sheva Customs committed to 'seva dharam'; does not mind pepping up officers booked by vigilance!

MANY citizens may not find Union Govt as welfarist as our Constitution wants it to be! But, the Nhava Sheva Customs can always be seen in a 'seva' mode, concerned about the welfare of even those who are booked by the vigilance for hanky-panky activities. In recent months a couple of officers were caught red-handed indulging in nefarious activities and the administration quickly shifted them to some non-descript charge. But, so proven are their capabilities that they have been handed over lots of homework related to adjudication of important cases. What if they make a 'virute' out of these activities, the Nhava Sheva Customs committeed to 'seva dharam' does not mind it. Even Mumbai Vigilance which booked them and continues to investigate against them does not mind if they are given weightier jobs. This is indeed the vertex of welfarist style of functioning and perhaps other outfits in the Customs should also borrow a leaf from them!

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Please provide the information as per RTI Act 2005. Email is the best wat to send information. Please send the information by email to me.

1. Who is overall Incharge of Mumbai Customs ? Is that you ? Please give us details. When did you become overall Incharge of Mumbai Customs?

2. Who is the Commissioner of Customs (Import) at Nhava Sheva Customs ? Please provide the name of the Commissioner. How long this Commissioner is working at that officie ?

3. Has this Commissioner appointed any Tainted Officers at that location ? That too in sensitive postings at Nhava Sheva ? Have you taken any action on this Commissioner because of these appointments ?

4. Has this Commissioner protecting any officers or any one at Nhava Sheva customs ? Has any one has complained against this Commissioner at Nhava Sheva Customs ?

5. According to this article of 05-05-2006, it looks like this Commissioner has not taken action on some officers, Why is this happenning ? How come you have not taken any action on this Commissioner ? Why you have not put this Commissioner under suspension  for all these activities?

6. Are you promoting pepping up of OFFICERS ? Why you have not taken steps to correct the problems ?

I hope you can provide answers to all of these questions as per RTI Act 2005.

If we need any more information from you we will write to you.

Thanks
Sincerely

V. M. Kumaraswamy, MBA

This is Mr. V. M. Kumaraswamy, MBA. in business since 1971. Founder and Moderator of India's largest e-governance Yahoogroup under the title eGovINDIA. You can reach this group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eGovINDIA
 

eGovINDIA, INDIA WBA, EKAVI and INDIA RTI has taken up several matters and issues in their forum to discuss and to bring into national level and attention of CVC, CAG, CBI, CBEC, Supreme Court, High Courts, State Officials and Highest officials in INDIA. All News Papers will be included for wider circulation.

INDIA WBA has taken up the issues of WHISTLEBLOWERS in INDIA.
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Court respite for importer –>> CORRUPTION at Nhava Sheva Port.

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From:	"Venkat Kumaraswamy" <vmkumaraswamy@yahoo.com>
Subject:	Court respite for importer –>> CORRUPTION at Nhava Sheva Port.
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May 15th 2006

 

Smt. Neerja Shah
Addl DG (VIg.)
Directorate General of Vigilance,
Customs and Central Excise
West Zonal Unit, 4th Floor,
Transport House, Poona Street, Masjid (East)
Mumbai – 40009

Phone No. (022) 22619506
Fax (022) 23703133

e-mail:

Sub: Court respite for importer –>> CORRUPTION at Nhava Sheva Port.

Read this news story that has been carried by Mumbai Times of India dated 14.05.2006. 

It looks like there is more CORRUPTION at Nhava Sheva Port. Who is incharge of of this port ? Have you taken any action on this officer ? Can you SUSPEND him for all these IRREGULARITIES going on at Nhava Sheva ? Are you protecting that officer ? Is there a COVER UP going on at Mumbai Customs ? 

Court respite for importer

TNN

Mumbai, 14 May, 2006 : Despite claims by customs officials of an importer undervaluing goods from Hong Kong, the high court has allowed clearance of goods of the company on the principle of equality, after the latter alleged discrimination by the customs department. 
   

The department had collected ‘evidence’ that the company, D K Labs, an importer of car speakers and amplifiers, had undervalued goods claiming them to be worth Rs 12.58 lakh. It had asked the company to deposit a bank guarantee of more than Rs 1 crore. The company argued that similar consignments at Nhava Sheva port were cleared.

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Please provide all the information as per RTI Act 2005.

1. Who is the officer at Nhava Sheva Port ? WHat actions have you taken ?

2. Why there is so much CORRUPTION at Nhava Shea Port ? Are you covering his officer and protecting this officer ?

3. Why no replies for my other emails.

If we need any more information from you we will write to you.Thanks
Sincerely

V. M. Kumaraswamy, MBA
This is Mr. V. M. Kumaraswamy, MBA. in business since 1971. Founder and Moderator of India's largest e-governance Yahoogroup under the title eGovINDIA. You can reach this group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eGovINDIA
  eGovINDIA, INDIA WBA, EKAVI and INDIA RTI has taken up several matters and issues in their forum to discuss and to bring into national level and attention of CVC, CAG, CBI, CBEC, Supreme Court, High Courts, State Officials and Highest officials in INDIA. All News Papers will be included for wider circulation.INDIA WBA has taken up the issues of WHISTLEBLOWERS in INDIA.
India WhistleBlower Act:The Action Group;http://groups.yahoo.com/group/INDIA_WBA

INDIA RTI has taken up issues related Right to Information for all in INDIA.

Right to Information in INDIA discussion group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/INDIARTI

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