Believe it or not, Income Tax (IT) department issued a notice to an illiterate rickshaw puller asking him to pay Rs 3 crore tax in Uttar Pradesh.Sensing trouble, Pratap Singh, a resident of Amar Colony in the Bakalpur area in Mathura, lodged a complaint at the Highway police station.
Station House Officer (SHO) Anuj Kumar said no case has been registered, but they will look into the matter.Singh also uploaded a video on social media narrating the tale of woes.
He said on March 15, he applied for a PAN card at the Jan Suvidha Kendra in Bakalpur owned by Tej Prakash Upadhyay, as his bank had asked him to submit it.Subsequently, he got a colored photocopy of the PAN card from Sanjai Singh of Bakalpur.
Since he is illiterate, he could not differentiate between an original PAN card and a colored photocopy of the same, the rickshaw puller said.He had to run from pillar to post for about three months to get his PAN card.Singh said he got a call from the IT officials on October 19.
He was later served a notice asking him to pay Rs 3,47,54,896.He said the officials told him that someone had impersonated him and obtained a GST number on his name. Singh said he was shown as a trader in the IT records, who has a turnover of Rs 43,44,36,201.
