Three persons being proprietors/Kartas of the firms located in Ludhiana have been arrested by officers of Special Investigation team, Punjab State GST, Ludhiana. It is alleged that they have had claimed fraudulent ITC created by way of bogus invoices without actual purchase of goods. It is informed through a press release that search and seizure operations were conducted atpremises by the teams of the department. A network of bogus firms using fake IDs inthe name of various persons including daily wagers, auto-rickshaw driver etc were createdacross 5 different states.