Tax officials attacked in Ludhiana

government officials being targeted while on duty, a vehicle carrying senior personnel of excise and taxation department was attacked during a raid and the driver badly assaulted by people involved in illegal transaction of goods.



The incident occurred when 10-15 members of local mafia, apparently part of fake billing racket, were taking goods to the booking counter of railway station last night. When the tax personnel stopped the convoy of 30 autos loaded with goods for inquiry, the goons attacked them, officials said.



Excise and taxation officer D S Garcha and others managed to escape as the assailants attacked the vehicle with sticks and sharp-edged weapons at the railway station last night, officials said on Thursday.



The driver, Jarnail Singh, however, was caught by the attackers who badlly thrashed him. He was thrown in front of an approaching train but he managed to save himself, Rishi Pal, assistant excise and taxation commissioner, Ludhiana, said.



Railway police said that they have registered a case against unidentified people under various sections of the IPC.



Sources said the state exchequer was suffering losses worth crores of rupees every day due to illegal transactions of goods.



The driver who suffered injuries, including a fracture in the right hand, has been admitted to a local hospital.



The incident comes days after additional district collector Yashwant Sonawane was burnt alive by suspected members of local oil mafia when his team conducted a raid at a roadside eatery near Manmad town, about 260 km from Mumbai in Maharshtra.
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