The GST department in Ahmedabad detected a tax evasion of Rs 100 crore worth of fake billing racket from Gondal town in Saurashtra. The department, on Tuesday said that a handful of persons have been operating multiple GST numbers from some identical localities and the mastermind of the scam is absconding.
According to the department’s statement, a significant amount of documents revealing unaccounted transactions were seized during raids at Gundala road in Gondal. Based on these seizures, the department conducted raids at multiple locations in Gondal, Rajkot, Morbi, Gandhidham and Mundra. Searches were carried out for 49 GSTN or VAT-TIN numbers as well as four transporters wherein the department found eight companies registered from a single location.
“We found out that Rs 100 crore worth of e-Way Bills were generated through a registration number of Messrs Aiyar Enterprises. The TIN numbers were located in Mundra, based on which searches were conducted at these locations. However, Chudamani Aiyar, in whose name registration was done was not found,” said the statement. Sources said that above companies were found to be operated by a couple of persons only. The department has initiated the inquiry and is trying to find out the violations.
