Police in Uttar Pradesh have apprehended two men involved in a large-scale Goods and Services Tax (GST) evasion scheme. The duo allegedly created fake companies using forged documents to generate bogus invoices and e-way bills, facilitating fraudulent input tax credit claims totalling over Rs 1.77 crore. The investigation was triggered by a complaint from the GST Department and is ongoing, with authorities exploring potential links to a wider network.
The Uttar Pradesh Police have busted an organisedGST evasion racket operating through fake firms and bogus invoices. Two individuals were arrested for allegedly carrying out fraudulent transactions amounting to more than Rs 1.77 crore by generating fake invoices and e-way bills to claim illegal input tax credit (ITC).
The operation was conducted jointly by teams from the Mal police station, the cyber celland the surveillance unit in Lucknow.
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FAQ :
The fraudulent transactions are estimated to be over Rs 1.77 crore.
They created fake GST-registered firms using forged documents and generated bogus invoices and e-way bills to illegally claim input tax credit.
Chunga Khan (43) and Salman Rehmani (32) have been arrested.
Police seized three mobile phones and a laptop believed to contain digital evidence of the fraudulent transactions.
An Assistant Commissioner from the GST department filed a complaint regarding a suspected fake firm involved in suspicious GST transactions.
No, the investigation is ongoing. Authorities are examining seized devices and financial records, and further arrests and analysis of the financial trail are expected.