Raipur: In a major action towards good governance in Chhattisgarh, the State GST department has exposed a tax scam of Rs 223 crore. The department has presented a 2137-page challan in the court against the mastermind Aman Aggarwal within 60 days. This is the first such arrest by the State GST, in which legal action was taken so quickly.
This action was taken under the leadership of State Tax Commissioner Pushpendra Meena under the guidance of Chief Minister Vishnudev Sai’s vision of good governance and Commercial Tax Minister OP Choudhary. The department unraveled the scam using state-of-the-art digital tools such as GAIN software, PRIME portal, and e-way bill portal along with IP address analysis.
Investigation revealed that Aman Agarwal created fake companies by misusing the Aadhaar cards and mobile numbers of more than 10 poor laborers. Fake bills worth Rs 223 crore were issued through these, leading to tax evasion of Rs 53 crore. Data obtained from Jio and Airtel confirmed that Aman was operating the fake firms from his residence.
Disclosure of financial irregularities
Transaction analysis revealed that the stolen money was transferred to accounts in State Bank of Mauritius, Ratnakar Bank and Catholic Syrian Bank in Maharashtra, Rajasthan, UP and Gujarat from where the money was withdrawn in cash and siphoned out of the system.
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