A Delhi-based packaging factory owner, Tushar Gupta, has been arrested by Noida police for his alleged involvement in a Goods and Services Tax (GST) fraud amounting to ₹24 crore. He is accused of fraudulently claiming input tax credit (ITC) using 35 fake companies. The police have seized ₹24 crore from his bank account and previously arrested him in July for similar offences. This arrest is part of a larger investigation into a gang that used bogus companies to generate fake e-way bills and claim ITC.
On Wednesday, the Sector 20 police arrested Tushar Gupta, a multimillionaire and resident of Tilak Nagar in Delhi, who runs a packaging factory in north-west Delhi. Gupta is accused of claiming input tax credit (ITC) fraudulently through 35 dummy companies, causing a loss of ₹24 crore to the government exchequer.
The police have seized ₹24 crore from his bank account.Gupta was arrested in July by the GST department for GST offences and let out on bail two months later. However, the Noida poli
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