Everyone is prone to making mistakes but when glitches like these happen, people's lives can get really chaotic. In our country, the poor suffer every day and this is an example of the same.?
Unfortunately, those less fortunate have to look out for themselves and when faced with problems beyond their comprehension, things can get really bad for them.
An illiterate e-rickshaw puller reportedly approached the police in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district after he received a notice from the Income Tax (IT) department asking him to pay over Rs 3 crore. This was not a mistake and the notice was actually addressed to the puller.
The rickshaw puller named Pratap Singh is a resident of Amar Colony in the Bakalpur area has submitted a complaint at the Highway police station, claiming fraud after he received the notice from the Income Tax department.?
According to a report by Press Trust of India, Station House Officer (SHO) Anuj Kumar said that no case has been registered based on Singh's complaint but the police authorities will look into the matter.?
Singh said that 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.
He also got a coloured photocopy of the PAN card from one Sanjai Singh (mobile no. 9897762706) of Bakalpur.
Since Singh cannot read or write, he could not tell the difference between an original PAN card and a coloured photocopy of the same.
Singh said he got a call from IT officials on October 19 and was 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 for running a business and the turnover of the trader for 2018-19 was Rs 43,44,36,201.
Singh said he was advised by the IT officials to get an FIR lodged as somebody had committed fraud impersonating him. Even an educated person can get super troubled at the thought of this, so just imagine the plight of a poor person.
According to Wikipedia, 'income tax is a tax imposed on individuals or entities in respect of the income or profits earned by them. Income tax generally is computed as the product of a tax rate times the taxable income. Taxation rates may vary by type or characteristics of the taxpayer and the type of income.'