An arrest warrant has been issued towards former India cricketer Robin Uthappa in reference to alleged fraud associated to Staff’ Provident Fund (EPF) deposits, officers stated on Saturday.
The warrant of arrest issued by Shadakshara Gopala Reddy, regional provident fund commissioner – II and restoration officer, Okay R Puram, acknowledged that Rs 23,36,602 is to be recovered from Uthappa, the defaulter.
The previous cricketer is the director of Centauries Way of life Manufacturers Pvt Ltd, Indiranagar.
In his order to the Station Home Workplace of Pulakeshinagar Police Station, the senior officer acknowledged: “As a result of non-remittances of dues, this workplace is unable to settle the provident fund accounts of the poor staff. In view of the above, you might be kindly requested to execute the enclosed warrant of arrest by way of the Thana in-charge beneath whose jurisdiction Sri Robin Uthappa resides.
“On this connection, it’s kindly requested to arrest the employer beneath Rule 73 of IInd Schedule to Earnings Tax Act 1961 and Earnings Tax (CP) Rule 1962 and Part 8B of Staff’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952, and produce him earlier than the undersigned on or earlier than 27.12.2024 for additional proceedings by way of your official.”
Uthappa to be produced inside 24 hours of arrest
The order acknowledged: “In train of the ability conferred on me beneath part 8B of the Staff’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952,…command you to arrest the stated defaulter and convey him earlier than the undersigned as quickly as practicable and in any occasion inside 24 hours of his arrest (unique of the time required for the journey) except the defaulter pays the stated quantity of Rs 23,36,602 and Rs 5,000 for the price of executing this course of.”
Nevertheless, a senior police officer stated: “The handle talked about within the arrest warrant issued by the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner is an outdated one and the involved particular person doesn’t keep at this handle anymore. Our crew had gone to the given handle and verified. As per info, he vacated the talked about handle over a 12 months in the past. We’ve knowledgeable the identical to the involved officer. Additional determination might be taken by the involved authority which issued the arrest warrant.”
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