Four arrested for tax fraud

Greater Noida: Four persons have been arrested by Noida Special Task Force (STF) police in connection with a fraud worth crores of rupees by using forged documents to produce E-way bills which resulted in non-payment of GST. Cops said that the gang had floated over a dozen companies on these forged documents through which they illegally obtained E-way bills.

According to police, the arrested accused were identified as gang leader Rajeev Kuchhal (35), a native of Adarsh Nagar area in New Delhi, Satendra Kumar and Vipin Kumar, both natives of Surajpur area in Greater Noida and Nitin Bansal of Rohini. "The arrest was made from GST office in Surajpur area on Thursday evening," said police officials. A senior STF police officer said that the matter came to light in 2018.

"Acting upon the complaint, a probe was launched into the matter and it came to light that nearly 16 companies, 10 in Delhi and 6 in Greater Noida, which were allegedly registered on fake documents were involved in obtaining e-way bills worth Rs 615 crores which resulted in non-payment of GST to the tune of Rs 55 crores," said Raj Kumar Mishra, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Noida STF.