2 more accused have been arrested in the Rs 134 crore GST theft case in Madhya Pradesh. After which the accused Sheikh Zafar and Raja Sheikh have been sent on remand till July 7. The mastermind of the case, Vinod Sahay alias NK Khare, has already been arrested.

Benefit of input tax credit was provided by creating fake firms

Anuppur resident Sheikh Zafar had created fake firms named Amber Coal Depot and Anay Traders on the instructions of Vinod Sahay. In this, transactions were shown with firms named Maa Reva Traders, Namami Traders, Abhijeet Traders. These fake firms provided the benefit of input tax credit to large thermal power plants, Prakash Industries and others by generating paper invoices without any coal supply.

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Fake invoices for coal supply were made in connivance with people from Bilaspur

Sheikh Zafar, in connivance with several persons from Bilaspur, had committed GST fraud worth crores of rupees by preparing fake invoices for coal supply, truck numbers and many other things. Let us tell you that two days ago, EOW arrested Vinod Sahay from Ranchi, Jharkhand. The arrest is being made on the basis of inputs received during interrogation of Vinod Sahay. Many more names may come out during interrogation.