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Kerala: ED files chargesheet against former I-T principal commissioner, others in bribery case
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....erala: ED files chargesheet against former I-T principal commissioner, others in bribery case<BR>PTI News<BR>Dated:- 19-2-2025<BR>PTI<BR>New Delhi, Feb 19 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate Wednesday said it has filed a chargesheet against a former principal commissioner of income tax, an ex-income tax officer and others in a bribery case involving a Kerala-based jewellery firm. The prosecution c....
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....omplaint has been filed before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court located at Ernakulam against five persons and the jewellery firm Powath Jewellers in Ettumanoor, Kottayam, the ED said in a statement. The five accused persons include former principal commissioner of Income-Tax (PCIT) posted in Thiruvananthapuram Sailendra Mamidi; ex-income tax officer (ITO)Sarath; Joy Thom....
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....as, proprietor of Powath Jewellery located in Kottayam; M K Kuruvilla; and Thomas Kurian, it said. The court has taken cognisance of the chargesheet on Wednesday itself, it said. These persons entered into a "criminal conspiracy" to cheat the government of India in the matter of assessment of income tax of Powath Jewellery, Kottayam by extending "undue" benefits and "favours" to the said firm,....
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.... the ED alleged. Mamidi, the then PCIT, Thiruvananthapuram "demanded" Rs 10 lakh as illegal gratification from Joy Thomas to finalise the income tax assessment of Powath Jewellery by imposing a "lesser" tax in their favour through Sarath, the then ITO and the other accused, it said. PTI NES KVK KVK<BR> News - Press release - PIB....