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Police invoked Gangsters Act against 33 persons in a GST Scam.

Noida police on Monday invoked the stringent Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act against 33 accused in the multi-crore GST scam.

So far, a total of 45 people have been arrested in connection with the case.

Known as the GST scam, the case came to light in June 2023 and pertains to revenue loss to the exchequer through input tax credit being claimed by thousands of bogus companies floated using forged documents, officials said.

“The Gangsters Act has been invoked in the GST fraud case, which is lodged at Sector 20 police station. Action is being taken against 33 charge sheeted accused. The charges have been invoked under provisions 2/3 of the Gangsters Act,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Shakti Mohan Avasthy said.

“In future, action of property attachment will be taken against the accused,” Avasthy, one of the key investigators in the case, said.

Police investigations showed the involvement of hundreds of bogus firms and transactions of around Rs 10,000 crore from them, and so far over two dozen people have been arrested in the case, according to officials involved in the probe.

The police said an FIR in connection with the case was lodged at the Sector 20 police station of Noida under Indian Penal Code sections 420 (cheating), 467, 468, 471 (all related to forgery) and 120B (party to criminal conspiracy).

The case had come to light in 2023 after thugs had applied for registration of bogus companies by fraudulently using the PAN details of a journalist and registered two firms — one in Punjab and one in Maharashtra — while a request for a third in Delhi was rejected by the GST authorities.

Source - theprint.in


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Jun 6, 2024

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