Ahmedabad: The city crime branch has arrested four more accused in the case of GST fraud by creating fake companies. Earlier also four accused including journalist Mahesh Langa have been arrested. Thus the number of arrested accused has increased to eight.

According to the Crime Branch, three of the accused arrested on Sunday are associated with Dhruvi Enterprise Company. These include Faisal Sheikh (32), Irfan Jethwa (42), Jignesh Desai (50). Out of them, Irfan Jethwa, a resident of  Bhavnagar, is the director of Dhruvi Enterprise. Faisal Sheikh is also a resident of  Bhavnagar and he had forwarded the file of this company. Jignesh Desai lives in Bhavnagar as well. He used to operate the bank account of Dhruvi Enterprise. In this case, Paresh Dodiya, the owner of another fake company Prakash Industries, has also been arrested. He is a resident of Gondal in Rajkot district.

The Crime Branch had announced on October 8 that based on a complaint received from the Central GST Directorate, the Crime Branch’s EOW and SOG teams had raided 13 places across the state, including Ahmedabad. It was revealed that the government was being cheated financially by creating 200 fake companies and evading taxes. Earlier, Ejaz Maldar (30), Abdul Kader (33), Mahesh Langa (44) and Jyotish Gondaliya (42) have been arrested in this case. They are currently on 10 days police remand (police custody). DeshGujarat