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Proprietor Arrested for Rs 5.68 Crore GST Evasion in Telangana
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News18•25-09-2026, 12:00
Proprietor Arrested for Rs 5.68 Crore GST Evasion in Telangana
- •The Rangareddy CGST Commissionerate detected GST evasion of Rs 5.68 crore through alleged fraudulent SEZ registration.
- •The proprietor of Sri Tirumala Services, D Ravi Kishore, was arrested on September 24 and remanded to judicial custody for 14 days.
- •Investigation revealed the firm allegedly obtained GST registration by fraudulently declaring itself as a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Unit.
- •This allowed the firm to procure goods as zero-rated supplies without GST, despite not being eligible for such benefits.
- •The Letter of Approval purportedly issued by the Development Commissioner, Visakhapatnam Special Economic Zone (VSEZ), was found to be bogus/fabricated.
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The Rangareddy CGST Commissionerate detected a GST evasion of Rs 5.68 crore through a fraudulent Special Economic Zone registration involving Sri Tirumala Services.
D Ravi Kishore, the proprietor of Sri Tirumala Services situated in Palwancha, was arrested on September 24 under section 69 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017.
The proprietor fraudulently declared the firm as a Special Economic Zone unit and used a bogus or fabricated Letter of Approval purportedly issued by the Development Commissioner of VSEZ to claim zero-rated supply benefits.