Lucknow: An FIR was lodged against two companies for evading GST worth Rs 7.35 crore using fake documents, police said. Deputy commissioner, state tax, Amar Deep Verma informed the police that one Yogesh Kumar applied for registration of his company on the departmental portal at the assistant commissioner’s office and got registered on Jan 9.
Assistant commissioner, state tax, Abhimanyu Pathak found that the firm was not operating from the address mentioned in the record. The company issued fake bills and showed a turnover of Rs 13.33 crore in 2025-26 evading tax worth Rs 2.39 crore. A case was registered against the accused at Bakshi-ka-Talabh police station. Inspector Sanjay Kumar Singh said the matter was being investigated.
Deputy commissioner, state tax, Umashankar Vishwakarma said an investigation into alleged tax evasion by a firm showed discrepancy. “Its turnover till May this year was Rs 27.55 crore, and tax worth Rs 4.95 crore was evaded. An investigation revealed discrepancies in purchase. The company made transactions worth crores of rupees with more than half a dozen firms in Delhi,” he said.
Source #TOI
