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4. Per contra, learned Additional Public Prosecutor Shri V.A.Thakare for the State submitted that during investigation, it reveals to the investigating agency that tourists used to book their "Safari" Online and deposit the amount. The applicants, who were under obligation in view of the agreement to deposit the amount, did not deposit the amount to the Forest .....5/-

168 aba620.23.odt Department from time to time. The investigation is at preliminary stage and custody of applicants is required to recover data of Razorpay and Instamojo gateways to ascertain where the amount was siphoned. It further revealed that applicants have opened one Safari Bookings Account in the name of "Madhya Pradesh Safari" which is totally illegal. The custody of applicants is required to seize computers, related documents, registers, and mobiles to be sent to the Digital Forensic Audit. During investigation, it revealed that there are total 27 accounts in different banks maintained by applicants and amounts are transferred in the said bank accounts. The applicants have also not paid GST to the government and cancelled the GST Registrations without giving any information to the Forest Department. There are total 334 gypsy owners engaged in the Tadoba Tiger Project and 334 guides and their fees are not paid. The applicants have fake account in the name of TATR without obtaining any permission and the said accounts are opened in Uttar Pradesh. The investigating agency has received KYC of that account. During investigation, it further revealed that transactions of Rs.72 crores were made through the TATR Bookings on the account of ICICI, Pratapgadh Branch, Uttar Pradesh and out of Rs.72.00 crores, transactions of Rs.63.00 crores were done through Razorpay gateway and, therefore, the custody of applicants is required to find out a .....6/-

168 aba620.23.odt sheets reflect a consolidated amount received and do not separately reflect various heads against which the amounts are collected. The auditor could not verify the amounts paid by the WCS to guide and gypsy owners and, therefore, preliminary analysis was carried by appointing KND and Associates for Digital Forensic Audit. During the Digital Forensic Audit, it was found out that data of total 83968 transactions looks deleted out of 1,71,584 transactions that took place between year 2020 to 2023. These are preliminary findings by auditors.