Bengaluru transport authorities have seized 30 luxurious automobiles for working in Karnataka with out paying the obligatory street tax, officers confirmed on Monday.
Ferrari automotive among the many high-end automobiles that had been seized in Bengaluru not too long ago.
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The crackdown took place on Sunday when officials from the Bengaluru Transport Department conducted a large-scale operation, targeting high-end vehicles such as Ferrari, Porsche, BMW, Mercedes, Audi, Aston Martin, and Range Rover.
Crackdown led by transport officials
The operation was spearheaded by Transport Deputy Commissioner C Mallikarjun, assisted by a team of 41 officials, including Regional Transport Officers B Srinivas Prasad, Deepak, Srinivasappa, and Ranjit.
“These vehicles were being driven without paying the required state taxes. A notice has been issued to recover approximately ₹3 crore in pending taxes from the owners of the seized cars,” a senior department official stated.
Authorities have been closely monitoring Bengaluru’s elite automotive homeowners, who often embark on lengthy weekend drives of their luxurious automobiles. Transport officers had been keeping track of these gatherings, which in the end led to the enforcement motion.
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A number of years in the past, an analogous operation was carried out in Hyderabad, the place the Highway Transport Authority (RTA) seized 11 high-end automobiles for tax evasion. The crackdown was executed by Deputy Transport Commissioner Okay Papa Rao, together with a crew of 40 RTA officers.
The Hyderabad authorities had been monitoring the motion of luxurious automobiles for almost six months earlier than taking motion. On Independence Day, officers intercepted a bunch of luxurious automotive homeowners on their technique to the Hyderabad airport, resulting in the seizure of Rolls Royce, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Lamborghini, Ferrari, and Maserati automobiles. These automobiles had been bought and registered in different states however had been being utilized in Telangana with out paying native street taxes.
The seizure in Hyderabad was anticipated to usher in income ranging between ₹3 crore and ₹8 crore for the RTA. Equally, Bengaluru’s transport division is now set to get better pending taxes from the most recent crackdown.