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Lumbini. The Revenue Investigation Department has filed a case against two people involved in a group that smuggled foreign liquor packaging materials worth crores into Nepal by evading customs duties.
The Butwal-based Revenue Investigation Office on Tuesday filed a case against two people involved in a group that smuggled foreign liquor packaging materials and other materials used in liquor bottles from India by evading customs duties.
According to the head of the said office, Shashank Khanal of Siddharthanagar Municipality-1, Belhiya, and Ramesh Gautam of Kavrapalanchok, Chaurideurali Rural Municipality-4, who were arrested with liquor packaging materials and other materials not produced in Nepal, have been charged in the Tulsipur High Court. The case has been filed in the Butwal Sessions Court.
As it has been confirmed during the investigation that Khanal, among the defendants, has been involved in the evasion of customs duties, value added tax and excise duties by trading in smuggled goods, both of them have been sentenced to a fine of 13 million 27 thousand 29 rupees per person and a fine of 52 million 21 million nine thousand 160 rupees per person, as per Section 23 (1) (b) of the Revenue Evasion (Investigation and Control) Act, 2052 BS.
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