Telangana Seeks FIR Against Keshaan Industries Over Rs 100 Crore GST Scam
Investigators are pressing criminal charges after seizing evidence at multiple locations to uncover potential accomplices.
Overview
- Preliminary findings show Keshaan Industries issued over ₹100 crore in fake copper invoices to claim about ₹33.2 crore in input tax credits.
- Toll gate records from the National Highways Authority of India revealed empty vehicles crossing state borders despite e-way bills listing cargo shipments.
- Commercial taxes officials conducted coordinated raids at the firm’s Hyderabad office, a Secunderabad godown and Medak district factories, seizing books of accounts, hard drives and CCTV footage.
- A formal complaint filed at the Central Crime Station in Hyderabad seeks an FIR against directors Vikash Kumar Keeshan and Rajneesh Keeshan under the CGST Act.
- Authorities are expanding investigations to determine whether other businesses were involved in similar sophisticated GST-credit fraud networks.