A Delhi-based businessman, along with his wife and son, has been arrested by the Sector 20 police station and the Noida crime response team in connection with a multi-crore GST scam. This arrest is part of an ongoing investigation that has seen over 40 individuals detained so far.
Sanjay Dhingra (54), his wife Kanika (55), and their son Mayank (27), residents of East Punjabi Bagh, allegedly created nine fake companies to fraudulently claim Rs68 crore as input tax credit over the past four to five years, according to DCP (Crime) Shakti Avasthy.
During the arrest, law enforcement officials recovered six luxury cars, Rs1.4 lakh in cash, and seven mobile phones from the family. They had posed as operators of a dairy business but had previously been caught for GST fraud multiple times. Each time, they would simply change the name of their company and continue their operations.
The family had been evading arrest for the past nine months, prompting police to announce a reward of Rs25,000 for information leading to their capture.