Inter-state operation carried out by GST department to nab a 29 year old from UP in ₹70 Crores fake billing case.

A 29-year-old businessman, wanted by the State GST department for availing Rs.12.59 crore worth of ITC against fake bills of goods purchase worth Rs. 70.22 crore, was arrested on Friday from Uttar Pradesh.

An interstate operation involving officials from the Pune investigation unit of the state GST department and the UP police was carried out to nab the businessman in the fake ITC availment of Rs. 12.59 Crores.

This is the 68th arrest of tax evaders in 2022-23 by the Maharashtra GST department.

He was brought to Pune on a transit remand and produced before a magisterial court on Sunday. The magistrate ordered Chaudhary's remand in judicial custody for two weeks, a press release issued by the office of the Joint Commissioner of State Tax Pune at GST Bhavan here said.

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