Bizman held for Rs 10cr GST evasion

Vadodara: A Kanpur-based businessman was arrested for allegedly evading Rs 10 crore GST.
CGST officials said the businessman, Neeraj Tiwari, had produced fake invoices and bogus e-way bills to evade GST on the goods he sold. Another businessman Dilshad Alam is also under scanner for helping Tiwari.
Tiwari ran Mahalaxmi Transport firm from Halol taluka in Panchmahals district.He used to buy plastic packaging material from Halol without bills and sell the stock in Kanpur. “Tiwari used to fake invoices and bogus e-way bills to show that he had paid the GST. He supplied goods worth Rs 55 crore between April 2018 and July 2020, thus evading Rs 10 crore in tax,” a GST official said.
Alam had made eight bogus firms and he used to supply fake invoices and e-way bills for Tiwari, who had had also made three bogus firms. They busted the racket after raiding premises of Mahalaxmi Transport where the officials found a truck full of plastic packaging material without proper documents.