Saturday, 14 January 2012

Actor Dia Mirza pays Rs 1.25 lakh for duty evasion

MUMBAI: Bollywood's traditions predicament carries on. Acting professional Dia Mirza was arrested by traditions authorities at Mumbai journey terminal in the early hours of Wednesday for holding undeclared dutiable products value Rs 2 lakh. She was, however, let off after shelling out a charge of Rs 1.25 lakh.
Customs authorities said Mirza arrived in the town by a Indian Air passage journey from Bangkok at around 2am. Instead of affirming the belongings in her bag at the red route, the actor or actress strolled past the natural route recommended for travelers with no dutiable products. "She came to the traditions reverse and was moving past through the natural route to quit the journey terminal when she was ceased and requested to show the items of her luggage," a mature specialist said. Mirza, who was intercepted by a group of authorities going by associate commissioner Sameer Wankhede, was evidently holding luggage, makeup and apparel value Rs 2 lakh.
As per guidelines, a traveler is granted to have brought in products value only Rs 25,000. If the value of the products on a leaflet is above this quantity, he/she has to assert them and pay obligation. "Mirza did not do that, and had she not been ceased, she would have eventually left the flight terminal without shelling out any obligation," another specialist said. "The products were brought in from Bangkok and were way above the allowable control."
According to authorities, Mirza asked for forgiveness prejudice of the traditions guidelines and provided to pay the excellent. "There were around 20 products which had been ordered overseas. Mirza created the charges for all the products," an specialist said, including the acting professional compensated Rs 1.25 lakh as cost, obligation and payoff excellent and was granted to depart at about 3.30am. "Had she announced the products, she would have compensated a obligation of a few million rupees. The ultimate cost assessed involved the excellent as well as the cost to recover the products," he said.
Last season, characters Minissha Lamba and Anushka Sharma were arrested by traditions authorities for holding undeclared jewelry. While Lamba was holding precious stone jewelry wroth Rs 31 lakh, Sharma was arrested with jewelry value Rs 35 lakh.

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