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UP Shopkeeper Served ₹141 Crore Tax Notice Linked to Six Delhi Firms as Police Launch Cheating Probe

He says his PAN and Aadhaar were misused to register companies he never ran.

Overview

  • Bulandshahr police registered an FIR under section 318 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and confirmed an investigation is underway.
  • Sudhir Kumar of Khurja says he runs a small grocery/confectionery from home and earns about ₹10,000–₹12,000 a month.
  • He first received a notice in 2022, responded on the Income Tax portal, and then got a fresh notice on July 10 claiming reported sales of ₹1,41,38,47,126.
  • Kumar alleges he never received OTPs tied to the registrations and denies any connection to the six Delhi-based companies.
  • He says police initially refused to file his complaint, citing tax department jurisdiction, before the SSP’s intervention led to the FIR.