Department of Revenue InvestigationKathmandu, June 21
The Department of Revenue Investigation (DRI) has filed a tax avoidance case in the Kathmandu district court against a group of 15 people.
DRI named Gopal Prasad Bhattarai and Rimbardhoj Karki as main defendants and Lalitraj Kandanwa, Gauri Mainali, auditors Jagannath Gurung, Sharan Bahadur Khadka and Tankanath Nepal as the accomplices.
Bhattarai and Karki in order to evade tax registered eight firms in the name of Binod Dhamala, Santosh Kumar Karki, Megh Bahadur Shrestha, Dhan Bahadur Bhomjan, Bharat Bahadur Dumjan, Bimal Putuwar, Narayan Koirala (Damai) and Parbati Suchikar.
Director general of the department Dirgharaj Mainali said that they have been charged with evading approximately Rs 3 billion in revenue by producing fake invoices.
He further added that the group of the people will be fined two fold of Rs 2.98 billion equivalent to the amount of revenue evaded, and be imprisoned for three years.
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