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A purported video of the Akshay Jain’s protest was widely circulated on social media, with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav sharing it on X to attack the Uttar Pradesh government.
“This is the truth of ‘Ease of Doing Business’ in BJP rule: BJP has even made traders take off their clothes. Traders are saying today that they don’t want the BJP,” Yadav posted on X in Hindi on Saturday.
While Jain said he resorted to the extreme measure out of frustration with the department’s “persistent harassment”, officials rejected the allegation and charged that Jain’s company, Arihant Iron and Steel Industry, had discrepancies in a delivery challan, including a missing weighing slip.
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The local GST officials said that during the investigation, it was discovered that the vehicle was carrying 170 kg of goods above the weight declared by the trader.
They said a penalty of 118 per cent was imposed, and Jain was required to pay Rs 10,532. The vehicle was eventually released after the payment was made, the officials added.