Vadodara Superintendent Among 2 Gst Officials Held | Rajkot News – Times of India

Rajkot: Two officials of the Goods and Service Tax (GST) department were arrested in connection with the bogus billing scam by the Bhavnagar police on Tuesday.
Those arrested were identified as Niraj Meena, superintendent at central GST office in Vadodara and Pritesh Dudhat posted with the department’s mobile squad in Bhavnagar.
Police said that the accused duo had developed a nexus with traders involved in the bogus billing scam. They were booked for forgery under sections 465, 467 and 468 of the Indian Penal Code.
According to police, the names of Meena and Dudhat cropped up during the interrogation of two accused arrested for transporting goods using bogus e-way bills.
On November 2, during night patrolling Bhavnagar police intercepted two suspicious trucks loaded with iron bars near Sanesh village on Bhavnagar-Ahmedabad highway. The police got suspicious when the driver produced the e-way bills and sent it to the GST department for verification.
GST department’s report confirmed that the bills were bogus. Following this police seized the two trucks with 33 tonne of iron bars worth Rs 22 lakh and arrested traders Mrugesh Adhiya and Devanshu Gohil.
Deputy superintendent of police (Mahuva), J H Sarvaiya told TOI, “During questioning it was found that Adhiya and Gohil had links with Meena and Dudhat. This was confirmed from their mobile call records. The matter is under investigation. More people may be arrested as the investigation progresses.”
According to sources, scrap from Alang ship recycling yard was being sold by evading GST.