Jammu Tawi, March 17 -- The Income Tax Department has warned stern action against employees of various government departments, including police department, in Jammu and Kashmir for allegedly indulging in large scale fraudulent refund claims.

The issue was raised by the principal commissioner of income tax, J&K and Ladakh, prompting the finance department to issue a circular seeking filing of updated income tax returns (ITRs) by defaulter employees and withdrawing incorrect claims forthwith.

In his communication, the I-T principal commissioner said majority of employees from different departments including education, health, power, public health engineering, cooperatives, sports, tourism, industry, public works and police, have been foun...