The officials under Odisha’s GST Enforcement Authorities have said that two persons have been arrested for their alleged involvement in GST fraud of Rs 212 crore. GST Commissioner Sushil Kumar Lohani said that these two persons are proprietor of two companies in Rourkela. He said physical inspection and search of 27 business establishment recently followed by intensive data analysis, it was found that the duo fraudulently availed Rs 89 crore of bogus input tax credit and passing of input tax credit of Rs 123 crore on the strength of fake invoices. During investigation it has been revealed the duo opened bank accounts and operated in the name of these dummy firms.
