Probing Rs 393cr bogus billing, GST dept unearths another fraud
Ludhiana: While investigating an old case of Rs 393-crore bogus billing, the Central GST commissionerate (CGST), Ludhiana, unearthed another such network and tax fraud after a search of the house of a relative of the accused. During the search, the anti-evasion wing of the department recovered Rs 40 lakh cash from the house of hosiery businessman Yogesh Jain, who, during investigation by tax officials, confessed that he was evading GST by executing undeclared supply transactions and also issuing fake bills. According to the department, Yogesh is a relative of Sahil Jain, who was, on November 11 last year, booked and arrested for issuing fake invoices of Rs 393 crore and passing on fake input tax credit (ITC) worth Rs 33.02 crore through 23 dummy firms. In January, Sahil was released on bail, but later an FIR was registered against him and some unknown persons for securing bail on forged papers. Prior to this, an FIR was also registered against his wife and others for allegedly op...