ED Raid in Gujarat: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday (17 October 2024) raided 23 places in different cities of Gujarat. This raid took place in Ahmedabad GST scam. It has been told that ED has registered a case of money laundering in this matter.
Let us tell you that a week ago, the Crime Detection Branch of Ahmedabad had arrested 8 people including a journalist in the same case. Then the case was registered. Now ED is conducting raids in the same sequence today.
Raid in different cities
Sources said that after registering a case under Money Laundering (PMLA), ED on Thursday raided about 23 locations in Rajkot, Junagadh, Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar and Veraval. It has been told that the premises of journalist Mahesh Langa, who was arrested recently, has also been raided.
ED’s entry after crime branch’s FIR
This case of money laundering is related to the FIR of Ahmedabad Police Crime Branch. The city crime branch had registered an FIR against several individuals and entities after receiving a complaint from the Central GST regarding an alleged scam involving shell firms created to defraud the government through fake input tax credits and fraudulent transactions. Langa was arrested along with seven others after the Central GST found some suspicious transactions in fake firms in the name of his wife and father using fake documents.
Information was received about more than 200 fake firms
According to Gujarat Crime Branch, more than 200 fraudulently formed firms were working in an organized manner across the country to defraud the government exchequer by availing fake input tax credit. Fake documents and identities were used to create these firms for tax evasion.
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