Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema.
The Finance Department of the Punjab government has busted 20 such firms, which were stealing GST worth crores of rupees. These firms rammed their network very cleverly so that the name of the real managers could not be revealed.
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For this, he targeted ordinary laborers and unemployed. He was lured to give daily wage of Rs 800 per day and, saying that his PAN card, Aadhaar card and other documents were taken that their accounts would be paid.
Later, from these documents, companies were made in GST by making companies on fake names. Bank accounts of these firms were already open.
In this way, a total scam of Rs 866 crore has come out. In this, GST stolen in the name of taxi services was Rs 157.22 crore.
Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Cheema said that the investigation has so far found important evidence like cash, fake bill book and without sign check book.
A case has been registered in Ludhiana in this case. Sarabjit Singh is the main accused in this scam, which is underway to catch.
The main role of Ludhiana accountant
The main role of an accountant from Ludhiana has been revealed in this scam. He started this fraud in the year 2023. So far, he alone has credited a fake tax of Rs 157.22 crore.
According to a taxation department official, the accused prepared a fake bill in 2023-24 and showed a transaction of Rs 249 crore and on the basis of this, claimed an input tax credit (ITC) of Rs 45.12 crore.
After this, ITC of 104.08 crore was taken in 2024-25 by showing fake business of 569.54 crore. In the first two months of this year, a fake tax credit claim of Rs 8.01 crore was done by showing a transaction of 47.25 crores.
Investigation agencies are now eyeing other people associated with this network. Many more names may be revealed soon.
Case filed on transport company also The company named Transporter Maa Durga Road Lineus has also cheated by making a fake ewe bill of Rs 168. This ewe bill was done using certificates of Ludhiana based firms. Which used to show the movement of goods from Ludhiana to Delhi. Whereas in reality no vehicle had entered Punjab.