Attempt to evade entry tax foiled

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 30: The alert sleuths of Commercial Taxes Department foiled an attempt to evade entry tax by a newly built bus body belonging to M/s R. K. Gupta and Company, during the night hours of December 29, 2012.
In the statement, Deputy Commissioner Commercial Taxes said that the vehicles was signaled to stop at Commercial Taxes Check Post Lakhanpur for payment of entry tax on the newly fabricated bus body, but it did not stop and escaped the barrier. The Executive staff of the Commercial Taxes Check Post chased the bus despite foggy conditions and intercepted it near Kali Bari, Kathua and over powered the erring driver, he maintained.
An entry tax of Rs. 57,300 was realized on the spot from the defaulter.