Only one of seized cars belongs to me, documents available: Actor Amit Chakkalackal

Only one of seized cars belongs to me, documents available: Actor Amit Chakkalackal

Kochi, Actor Amit Chakkalackal, whose residence was raided by the customs department a day ago in connection with the smuggling of high-end luxury vehicles, on Wednesday said that only one of his cars was seized and the rest being attributed to him belonged to others.

Only one of seized cars belongs to me, documents available: Actor Amit Chakkalackal

The actor told reporters here that his over 20-year-old second-hand Land Cruiser, which he had been using for the last five years, was the only vehicle that belonged to him.

"The rest of the high-end cars seized from my residence and my workshop belonged to others who had brought them to me for renovation or repairs. So, of the total seven vehicles seized from my premises, only one was mine," he clarified.

He also said that the customs department in November last year had issued summons to him in respect of these vehicles and he had provided all the related documents back then and thereafter, no other steps were taken by the agency.

"Then, yesterday they came for the search and I again provided them with all the documents. Now, they have to verify the genuineness of the documents," he said.

It also said that their initial probe revealed various other illegalities like income tax and GST evasion as well as money laundering in connection with the smuggled vehicles.

Besides that, it was also looking into whether the funds from such illegalities were used for terrorist activities, the department had said.

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