AHMEDABAD: With the arrest of another Bhavnagar resident, the GST department has apprehended a total of seven accused in the Rs 900-crore fake billing scam. Rohit Dabhi was arrested late on Monday in connection with his involvement in the fake billing scam and for tax evasion of Rs 11.6 crore.
An additional chief metropolitan magistrate remanded Dabhi to police custody till July 22.
The scam was unearthed after Bhavnagar-based Madhav Copper Limited was found to have evaded taxes worth Rs 137 crore using fake bills of Rs 425 crore. After raiding nine companies earlier this month in connection with the scam, the GST department arrested Afzal Sadiq Ali Sajwani from Bhavnagar and Meena Rathod from Prantij for allegedly generating fake bills. Last week, they arrested four persons — Jahid Kabariya, Natwargiri Goswami, Vikrambhai Baraiyya and Aizaz Shaikh — for their alleged involvement in tax evasion to the tune of Rs 10.35 crore. Meanwhile, Nilesh Patel, the chairman of Madhav Copper Limited continues to remain absconding despite being summoned for the said tax evasion.
