Delhi: The Gujrat copurt on Saturday sent Jounalist Mahesh Langa to four day police remand in connection with a Rs 60-lakh GST scam involving a company named Parmar Enterprises. earlier on Friday.
He was earlier brought to the city on transit remand from Sabarmati jail, in connection of fake billing of GST Case.
Langa was lodged in jail in connection with fake GST billing cases. During the court hearing on Saturday, the police sought Langa’s custody for 14 days but the judge granted them only four days’ remand.
The EoW felt the need to grill Langa after questioning five accused arrested as part of the investigation into an earlier fake billing case. During the questioning of the five accused, the name of a company linked to Langa had come to light, according to the police. A few days ago, Rajkot Police raided 14 places simultaneously, in which action was taken in Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Ahmedabad, Veraval, Kadi, Mahesana, Gandhinagar, Shapar, Rajkot and five people were arrested.
The EoW’s investigation revealed that the GST scam was executed using a company named “Parmar Enterprises”, which facilitated several fraudulent activities linked to GST. It was created using a fake rental agreement to obtain a GST number. Using this fake company, several other companies participated in the GST fraud.
The companies involved in this criminal activity include Yash Developers, Ikara Enterprises, Civil Plus Engineering, Dhanshree Metal, DA Enterprises, Aryan Associates, Jyoti Infrastructure, Arham Steel, Riddhi Infrastructure, Ashapura Trading, Shiv Milan Plastics, Globetra Impex, Maa Durga Steel, Maruti Nandan Construction, and Lakhubha Nanbha. These companies engaged in fraudulent billing, forgery, the use of fake documents, and false declarations, leading to millions of rupees in GST fraud through the use of bogus invoices.