Gurugram businessman nabbed in Rs 22.7-crore ‘GST scam’

Sanjay Yadav

Gurugram, December 29

A city-based businessman has been arrested in alleged GST scam of Rs 22.74 crore by the team of Central Goods and Services Tax Commissionerate.

He was produced in a Delhi court and sent into judicial custody. The team also recovered over Rs 90 lakh from his Sector 15 house and seized many documents.

The arrested businessman identified as Rajesh Kumar Gupta owns a firm in the name of Deepchand-Rajesh Kumar on Pataudi Road. Through this firm, he does business of gutkha, tobacco besides bidi and cigarettes. He holds agency of several prominent companies of bidi, cigarettes. The commissionerate got information about the GST embezzlement through this firm and a raid was conducted a week ago.

Charul Baranwal, Principal Commissioner of Goods and Services Tax Commissionerate, said Deep Chand-Rajesh Kumar at Pataudi Road issued input tax credit of Rs 22 crore 74 lakh. Along with this, invoices worth Rs 26 crore 11 lakh were released to various firms. The invoices have been issued to firms from 13 different states. “The goods have not been sent to those firms. By issuing an invoice without sending the goods, the operator of this firm Rajesh Gupta committed a big scam of GST theft,” Baranwal said.