The Bombay High Court directed the state police as well as the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence to file a status report in the probe of inter-state car import racket.
The Bombay High Court directed the state police as well as the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence to file a status report in the probe of inter-state car import racket.
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The racket came to light when actor Sushmita Sen filed petition against Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai's decision to impose penalty of over Rs 20 lakh on her for evading octroi on her imported Toyota Land Cruiser.
Sen won the case, as High Court held that MCGM can not impose penalty. But court then had ordered inquiry into import of cars under the 'transfer of residence' scheme - which attracts much less customs duty.
Sen had bought the car which was brought to India under TR scheme. Police suspect that there is racket which imports car using the passports of Non-Resident Indians and sells them here at a premium.
Police arrested the agent, along with many others, through which Sen bought the car started an inter-state probe.
"We have to file a status report by February 9," government's lawyer Pradip Jadhav said.
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