Case of illegal import of cigarettes: Revenue demanded an answer from Solar Cement

Khemraj Ojha, the head of the office, confirmed that after the incident of foreign brands of Marlboro cigarettes being stored inside the industry and two and a half truckloads of cigarettes were burnt due to the fear of exposure, an answer was demanded from the industry.

After getting the information through the police and the media, he has informed that he reached the industry and searched the premises. However, it has been found that the remaining cigarettes in the industry have disappeared. Ojha said that cigarettes were found inside the industry only when they were lit and no more cigarettes were found.

Mirchaiya police reached the industry on Saturday evening after the commotion, the revenue team returned with three cartons of cigarettes and the office said that the industry should respond by Tuesday evening . According to the office, answers have been demanded on how, when, and why cigarettes came to the cement industry.

Office Chief Ojha informed that if there is no satisfactory answer on this matter, he can also take a statement from the concerned persons . 'That's the cement industry, not cigarettes,' Ojha said to Kantipur, 'They say they brought it to burn, but that's not the case, we can also take a statement on this matter.' were fallen . Instead of stickers of the Internal Revenue Department, both types of cigarettes are being sold by affixing a sticker with a higher amount, where the actual price is written.

Instead of cigarettes written only Marlboro, the actual price is Nepali 230 rupees mentioned in the black part below. However, at the place where the actual price is written, a black sticker written Nepali Rupees 280 has been pasted on top of the plastic cover. Similarly, Kantipur has found a black sticker on the top of the plastic cover that says 350 rupees while the real price is written on the underside of the cigarette pack that says Marlboro Gold is 280 Nepalese rupees. It is clear that Marlboro cigarettes have been deceiving consumers by charging 50 and 70 rupees more for a single cigarette by paying revenue to Nepal only at the real price and deceiving the revenue of that amount. This cigarette manufactured by a company called PT Philip Morris based in Indonesia is imported to Nepal by Jagdamba Overseas under the Shankar Group of Industries. Solar Cement Industry, where Marlboro cigarettes were found, also belongs to the Shankar Group of Industries.