Following letter to ICAI by the CA who is being harassed:
To
President
ICAI
Subject: Continuous Harassment By Noida Police to a CA due to certification & thretening to put him in jail and to recover the money of fraud from CA
Dear Sir,
Our professional brother from noida is being harassed by
Noida police for certification.Kindly direct noida branch to meet DSP, SP to resolve the issue. Kindly provide all support to manoj jee. Kindly look into matter urgently. His letter is as follows:
DEAR ALL,
I am a practicing Chartered Accountant running my own CA
firm in Noida since 2005. Before three months a person namely Mr. Vikrant Bajaj
came to my office with his documents and requested for a CA certification for
opening bank account with Axis Bank.I issued a certificate to the bank, in
which
I verified the name and address of the person on the basis of the following
documents:-
1) PAN Card (issued by Income Tax Department),
2) ST-2, Service tax registration certificate (issued by
Central Board of Excise and Custom); and
3) voter-id card (issued by Election Comission of India).It
was clearly mentioned in the certificate that this certificate is issued on the
basis of these documents only. It was nowhere mentioned that I take his
guarantee or responsibility or I know him.
On 28th March, a police inspector Mr. Pradeep Kumar enquired
me about Mr. Vikrant Bajaj. He told me that Mr. Vikrant Bajaj has committed
some crime and is missing. I informed the inspector that He comes to me with
original documents to issue a certificate to open a Bank Account with Axis
Bank. I
verified documents. PAN and ST-2 were active documents and
registered with respective government authorities. I issued certificate after
taking care of due diligence. I also told him that I don't know him
personally.But still the police inspector made pressure upon me and force me to
make available Mr. Vikram Bajaj before him. He is threatening me that If you
don't produce Mr. Vikram Bajaj before him then they will held responsible to me
for each and every thing they do and put me in jail and will recover
the money of fraud from me. This behavior of Mr. Pradreep
Kumar is quite strange. He is talking senselessly. Whatever I have done is a
part of my professional duties only. I have issued certificate
with due diligence. I clearly mentioned in the certificate
also that this certificate is issued only on the basis of documents produced
before us. Mr. Pradeep Kumar is calling me from his mobile no. 9818318137 again
and again and harassing me baselessly. This conduct of a police inspector is
very painful. I don't understand whether Police is to help
public or to harass public. If I am guilty to issue a certificate after
verification of documents issued by government authorities then all government
authorities who issued the documents will also held quilty. I just issued a
certificate but government authorities do registrations. If Police will behave
like this and held responsible to professionals only due to certification done
by them after taking care of due diligence, then no Chartered Accountant,
Company Secretaries, Advocates, Ghazatted Officer will certify any documents of
any person. Why government give us an authority to certify the documents of
people? "This is a time to come together and tell everyone that we
professionals are doing our jobs with due diligence and no one can raise any
finger against professionals unnecessary."
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