Ahmedabad: In connection with the fake billing fraud Rs 2,000 Crore, the State Tax and Service Department (SGST) on Thursday arrested Kirtiraj Sutariya from Ahmedabad.
Suspicious documents and evidence were found from the location where he was arrested, and was being examined by SGST officials.
Sutariya was presented before the Head of Metropolitan Magistrate on Friday and SGST officials had been seeking 14 days of detention.
Sutariya was the 10th arrest in fake billing fraud, which was excavated from Bhavnagar.
Its involvement and existence is identified based on an electronic document account and transaction details, obtained from residence Mohammad Abbas Melasi alias mm and Afzal Sajwani – which was accused of in this case.
Sutariya was involved in operating around 24 Shell companies that illegally claimed input tax loans (ITC) worth Rs 108.64 Crore using fake bills worth Rs 577.32 Crore.
This fake bill is sold to several other traders for the number of lumps.
The involvement of around 200 shell companies in the fake billing fraud concerned has been checked.
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