Now the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has also taken charge in the investigation of this case and has conducted simultaneous raids in many states of the country.
The ED action is spread across states like Delhi, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Arunachal Pradesh. According to the investigating agency, this action is being taken against those people and companies who set up fake companies without any genuine business and obtained tax refunds from the government through fake documents. This entire game revolved on paper, but the money was real – and that too worth hundreds of crores.
ED got initial clues from Itanagar, the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. The zonal team here started the search operation at around 5 am and have seized many important documents and digital evidence. The investigating agency believes that this is not just a case of tax evasion, but this money has also been used in hawala and other illegal businesses.
The most shocking thing in this case is that the people who committed fraud also misused the name and identity of Seema Haider and her husband Sachin. In fact, two chartered accountant brothers from Darbhanga (Bihar) – Ashutosh Jha and Vipin Jha – are accused of creating this entire scam in collaboration with a businessman from Arunachal Pradesh.
It is being told that both of them ‘Siddhivinayak Trade Merchant’ A fake company was created and pictures and names of Seema and Sachin were included in its documents. Fake input tax credit of more than Rs 99 crore was claimed through this fake company. As soon as the matter was revealed, the local police registered an FIR and then the investigation reached the ED.
Now ED is investigating every aspect related to this scam. Interrogation of the accused will start soon and it is believed that many big names may come forward in this investigation. Whether Seema Haider and Sachin are victims in this case or were involved in some way is also an important part of the investigation.
At present, ED’s action is going on and the agency has indicated that this scam could be bigger than Rs 650 crore. Many shell companies and hawala networks are said to be involved in this, whose links are connected to different parts of the country.