Rs. 1,000 crore bogus billing scam mastermind Mohammad Ali held

Ahmedabad: The police have captured the mastermind of a bogus billing scam of Rs 1000 crore named Mohammad Abbas Rafik Ali from Bhavnagar.

He is accused to have committed the bogus billing scam of Rs 1000 crore by establishing around 48 firms in Bhavnagar, Prantij and other regions in Gujarat by using names of poor and needy peoples and obtained GST registration for the same. He also involved several other people in this scam. He was captured by GST-officers and SRP-officers from Bhavnagar where he was trying to hide. He was arrested under section 69 of Goods and Service Tax Act.

Mohammad Abbas Rafik Ali has illegally obtained the input tax credit of Rs 135 crore after producing bogus bills of Rs 739 crores. Another person involved in this scam Shabana Aslam Kallivar is also arrested from Bhavnagar who illegally obtained the input tax credit of Rs 16 crores after producing bogus bills of Rs 87 crores.

Two others involved in the scam Afzal Sadik Ali Savjani and Meena Regsinh Rathod are already arrested. Another five accused were also arrested. The name of mastermind Mohammad Abbas Rafik Ali was found after investigation of a digital device of Afzal Sadik Ali Savjani by GST officials. Thereafter, police started finding him but he was not found from his residence in Ahmedabad. He was finally found and arrested from Bhavnagar.

Both the accused Mohammad Abbas Rafik Ali and Shabana Aslam Kallivar were presented in Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court. The court had given permission for their custodial interrogation of 5 days and 3 days for Mohammad Abbas Rafik Ali and Shabana Aslam Kallivar respectively.