I had a funny experience in 1978.. with a Marwari moneylender in Chennai during an Incometax raid..
(I was a tax investigator by profession)
He was keeping with him all his duplicate account books and upto date accounts meant for taxmen too .. and it was an open and shut case with tax evasion of about fifty lakhs even at that time
( The tax evasion discovery exceeding a crore happened in Chennai two year later .. of course politicians excluded).
When the person was informed that he would have to shell out a lot by way of taxes (we could reopen sixteen assessments at that time), he asked what would be the consequences if he did not pay the taxes..
Someone told him that he may have to go to jail for seven years..
He requested that all the money and books should be released immediately and that he would just come in our departmental vehicle itself and we could hand him over to the nearest jail..
What he wanted was just that he should be given about one hours time to take leave of his close friends and relatives..
What are we to do with such people?
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