Chennai: Tamil Nadu-based Wintrack Inc, importer of personal massagers from China and Thailand, has announced that it has ceased operations from October 1 following “relentless harassment” from Customs officials here in the last one-and-a-half month, who allegedly demanded bribes for releasing goods.

As politicians like Shashi Tharoor and businessmen like Mohandas Pai came out in support of the company and against “corrupt officials”, the Union Government intervened swiftly and ordered a “fair, transparent, and fact-based inquiry” by a senior officer from the Department of Revenue, who will hearing parties concerned, and officials.

The company received support from several quarters, including importers and exporters, who narrated their experiences of being asked for bribes or harassed by

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