Apr 17, 2025 08:04 AM IST
MUMBAI: A gross sales tax officer was booked for approving ₹4.69 crore in pretend GST refunds with out verification, linked to an organization’s fraudulent claims.
MUMBAI: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday booked a gross sales tax officer (STO) for allegedly permitting pretend Items and Companies Tax (GST) refunds of ₹4.69 crore to an organization with out verification. The irregularities got here to the fore following an inner inquiry by the state GST division.
The accused, Gajanan Lad, 59, is serving working as an STO within the State GST Division in Mazgaon (Shutterstock)
The accused, Gajanan Lad, 59, is serving working as an STO within the State GST Division in Mazgaon. He was booked together with Intercrib Market, whose returns have been allegedly fraudulently cleared by the STO in _____ (the 12 months). Based on the ACB officers, when Lad was posted in Ghatkopar in _______, he connived with the Intercrib Market to supply them with a refund. The corporate had additionally allegedly solid lease agreements to acquire a GST quantity for the agency.
“Though the trader did not pay any tax to the government in the form of GST, he submitted an application claiming a refund of ₹4.69 crore. Lad deliberately did not verify these applications and allowed the claims. Even though the government portal marked the claims as suspicious to him, Lad cleared it,” mentioned a police officer.
A case was registered below sections 109 (abetment), 403 (dishonest misappropriation of property), 409 (legal breach of belief by public servant), 420 (dishonest and dishonestly inducing supply of property), 465 (forgery), 467 (forgery of beneficial safety) 468 (forgery for the aim of dishonest), 471 (utilizing as real a solid doc) of the Indian Penal Code and below part 7 (offences associated to public servants) and 13 (legal misconduct by public servant) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.
The ACB officer mentioned the same fraud had surfaced in March 2024, the place an STO was booked for permitting 39 pretend proposals to the tune of ₹175.93 crore. “These companies showed fake exports and claimed GST refunds. However, everything was fake and no exports had taken place,” he mentioned.
