GST fraud: Rs 720 cr input tax credit claimed illegally

Ahmedabad: The central GST department in Gandhinagar on Wednesday unearthed a GST fraud involving illegal claiming of input tax credit (ITC) worth Rs 720 crore in Ahmedabad. Some 68 units in Ahmedabad are found to be involved in the scam and are directly or indirectly connected to a corporate group in Mumbai. The department officials received the details based on information obtained from Advance…