On Thursday, the city crime branch arrested Ismail Khokhar from Bhavnagar and Aamir Khan Pathan, who resides in Sarkhej, for their involvement in a Rs 60 crore fraud related to GST return filings. Daksh Patel, a 22-year-old resident of Gota, lodged a complaint with the DCB on Wednesday, stating that he had employed Pathan as an accountant in September 2023, entrusting him with his ID and password to manage GST returns for his human resource business.
However, Pathan allegedly manipulated the credentials by resetting them and linking them to his own phone number. Subsequently, he purportedly sold the credentials to Khokhar, who had previously been implicated in another GST fraud case. Utilizing Patel’s credentials, Khokhar and his associates conducted fraudulent billing and evaded taxes. Consequently, the state GST department issued Patel a notice in November 2023, demanding a penalty of Rs 60 crore.