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New Delhi : On the basis of intelligence received by Anti-Evasion branch of CGST Delhi South Commissionerate, the officers have booked a case against M/s. Sunflame Trading Pvt. Ltd., M/s Atlantic International Trading Pvt. Ltd., M/s. Blue Star International Pvt. Ltd., M/s Blue Evolution Private Limited, and M/s White Mountain Trading Private Limited, having their Principal Place of Business at G-56, Green Park, New Delhi-110016, for incorrectly availing ITC issued on the GSTIN of fake/ dummy firms and getting refund of ITC on the strength of such fake Invoices.
From preliminary scrutiny of the seized documents, the data/information available on E-way Portal/GSTN portal, it is found that Avijeet Saluja( Director) and Lupita Saluja ( Director) created five bogus export firms namely M/s. Sunflame Trading Pvt. Ltd., M/s Atlantic International Trading Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi-110016 and M/s. Blue Star International Pvt. Ltd., M/s Blue Evolution Private Limited, and M/s White Mountain Trading Private Limited, and have availed refund of Rs 45 Crore approx. on strength of fake invoices providing fabricated information on E-way Bill Portal.
During course of investigation, it was found that most of suppliers of the aforesaid 5 firms were either found non-existent at the declared principal place of business or the address given in the GST registration was fabricated/ non-existing.
Avijeet Saluja, Director and one of the main the main beneficiaries of the activities of the firms, was arrested on December 10, 2020, and was produced before the CMM, Patiala House Courts, on December 11, 2020, after the medical examination and COVID test. Avijeet Saluja was sent to judicial custody for 14 days by the Metropolitan Magistrate. Further investigations are in progress, according to a PIB release.