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Amritsar:In yet another case of tax evasion, the Government Railway Police (GRP) today seized gold jewellery worth Rs 1.5 crore from two persons, identified as Ashok Adersa and Chandresh, both residents of Gujarat.They were caught during a routing checking at Amritsar railway station today. They arrived from Golden Temple Express that reached the city at about 5.30 am.The gold jewellery weighing about 5 kg was later handed over to the Excise and Taxation Department for evaluation and further investigation.GS Nagra, inspector, and Dharminder Kalyan, SHO, GRP police station, said the jewellery was kept in three boxes in as many bags belonging to the accused.Nagra said the duo could produce neither documents (sale- purchase bill), nor they had filed any electronic information collection (EIC) form.As per the excise and taxation norms, it is necessary for dealers to give prior information to the department through the EIC (available on its website) before ferrying any material worth more than Rs two lakh through road, rail or by air.Earlier, the Excise and Taxation Department had confiscated packets of gold and diamond jewellery from Sri Guru Ramdass ji International Airport on January 5. Sleuths of the Excise Department seized gold jewellery weighing about 660 gm and packets of diamond from Surinder Kumar, a resident of Rajesh Nagar in the Batala road area of the city.Nagra said the Excise Department would evaluate the jewellery. He said preliminary investigations had revealed that they had brought the material from Gujarat and was to deliver it to an Amritsar resident.

He said this was a clear case of tax evasion. “That’s why we handed over the jewellery to the Excise Department which would evaluate its worth besides taking further action in this regard,” he added.