BUTWAL: The Revenue Investigation Department has filed a case against two individuals involved in smuggling foreign liquor packaging materials worth millions into Nepal by evading customs duties.
The Butwal-based Revenue Investigation Office lodged the case on Tuesday against Shashank Khanal of Siddharthanagar Municipality-1, Belhiya, and Ramesh Gautam of Chaurideurali Rural Municipality-4, Kavrepalanchok.
They were arrested for smuggling liquor packaging materials and other items not produced in Nepal from India without paying the required customs duties.
According to Bibek Ghimire, the Head of the Revenue Investigation Office, Khanal was found guilty of evading customs duty, value-added tax, and excise duty by dealing in smuggled goods.
The prosecution demands a fine of Rs. 13.2 million per person and an additional penalty of Rs. 52.1 million, along with imprisonment as per Section 23(1)(b) and Section 2 (6, 1) of the Revenue Evasion (Investigation and Control) Act, 1995.
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