NEW DELHI: In another move to check illegal sale of gold after demonetisation of high-value notes, excise officials have summoned details of sale of the yellow metal and ornaments from over 600 jewellers across 25 cities.
The officials of Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence (DGCEI), an intelligence arm under the Finance Ministry, has sent notices to these jewellers seeking details of the gold sales in the past four days, beginning November 7, official sources said today.
They have been asked to give details like quantity of stock held by them and sales made during these days.
Teams of DGCEI officials are also visiting major jewellery stores and their manufacturing units to serve notices seeking these details, the sources said.
Jewellers in major cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Bhopal, Vijaywada, Nashik and Lucknow are initially under the scrutiny of the DGCEI officials, they said, adding that this exercise can later be extended to other cities too. (AGENCIES)
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