Rs. 400 traders suspected to be involved in Rs 217 crore bogus billing scam

Fraud of partners including father-in-law, son-in-law, children: Bogus companies were created to give the government Rs. Darshak Chaniyara jailed, three others wanted in Kamanath Enterprises scam worth Rs 39.30 crore

Rajkot, : On Sadhu Vaswani Road of Rajkot last dt. On 19th, CGST raided Kamanath Enterprises with Rs. A fake bogus billing scam of 217 crores was busted. In which, after arresting one trader, it is being feared that the involvement of around 400 traders has been revealed after carrying out further investigation. After Kamanath Enterprises, partners including father-in-law, son-in-law, and other partners created different bogus firms and stole crores of rupees of GST, this figure is also expected to increase.

Sources in the CGST department said that so far from a single firm in the name of Kamanath Enterprises, Rs. 217 crore bogus billing scam has been busted. In which businessman Ashwinbhai Chaniyara was accused of stealing Rs 39.30 crores from the GST department by making different bills including cement, steel, copper, scrap, etc. The search for the other three partners is underway.

The GST department further investigated the matter and revealed the involvement of 3 more traders. It was revealed that Ashwin Chaniyara, Pragnosh Kantaria and Kishan Rajan Rajyaguru had done this. The CGST department has received the data that Darshan and Pragnosh are brothers-in-law and have sent goods to about 400 traders so far. The GST department was also directed to issue notices to all the traders where transactions have been made in the coming days.