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Big Revelation Of GST Evasion In Sitapur, Scam Worth Crores From Fake Firms; Seven Arrested

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Md Amir
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January 10, 2026

Police officer disclosing the case. Awakening

Samvad Sutra, Jagran, Sitapur. Seven accused have been arrested for evading state goods and services tax by creating fake firms. One of them is a resident of Kanpur district. The accused used to lure the villagers and ask for their documents and then create fake firms by issuing PAN cards.

Cash worth eight lakhs, five laptops, 39 stamps, 10-19 PAN cards and passbooks, 57 checkbooks, 135 cheques, nine digital signature machines, two hard disks, 651 bills and two four-wheelers have been recovered from the accused.

Superintendent of Police Ankur Aggarwal said that the accused are also mafia of wood trade. He used to take papers and cash from innocent people by luring them with profits from government schemes. After this, they used to steal GST by creating fake firms in their name. During enquiry, information about about 60-70 fake firms has emerged.

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They used to open bank accounts in the name of villagers and by using forged records, they used to cut fake bills in the name of firms by pretending to be a fake timber business. Used to earn economic benefits from it. Investigation of its complaints was given to SOG in-charge Satyendra Vikram Singh and police station in-charge Khairabad Anil Singh.

When both the inspectors started investigation, many important clues were found. On the basis of evidence, Asif and Ammar of Jahangirabad of Sadar, Anwarul of Shahkulipur of Laharpur and Zeeshan of Mahashah, Babupurwa Uzair of Kanpur and Arif of Thwaitola of Biswan and Nasir of Maharajganj were arrested.

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