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The Hindu’s senior assistant editor for Gujarat, Mahesh Langa, was arrested Tuesday morning by the Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) along with three other people.
The news of the arrest of Mahesh Langa was made public one day after the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) filed a complaint accusing 13 businesses and their owners of input tax credit (ITC) fraud.
Who is Gujarat journalist Mahesh Langa as The Hindu’s senior assistant editor is arrested in GST evasion case, biography, family, wife and education
Ajit Rajian, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Crime Branch, verified Langa’s apprehension. According to the police, the accused utilized fictitious bills to obtain and transfer phony Input Tax Credits (ITC), resulting in a loss for the government exchequer. The FIR claims that over 220 benami entities were established using falsified documents utilized in the scheme.
Mahesh Langa who is an Ahmedabad based journalist works as The Hindu’s senior assistant editor. He is seen as an independent voice because he has covered politics and social issues in Gujarat for 20 years, including unemployment. His LinkedIn page states that he was a correspondent for HT Media as well.
He has done his Bachelor in Communication, Journalism & Public Relations from the Department of Journalism, Gujarat University.
Papers with Langa’s wife Kavita’s name were also found during the investigation, but she was confirmed to be unrelated to the activities.
Langa has been accused of floating bogus firms in the name of his father and wife to avail input tax credit benefits. He has now been sent to 10 day police remand.
Journalist Mahesh Langa was taken into custody by the Crime Branch on Tuesday morning after being questioned in-depth, according to Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ajit Rajian.
Statement from Suresh Nambath, Editor, The Hindu, on the arrest of our correspondent Mahesh Langa pic.twitter.com/AOICE0ujLH
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Investigation against Mahesh Langa
According to the FIR, Dhruvi Enterprise, a shell business, used a faked rent agreement to obtain GST registration and used fictitious invoices to conduct phony input tax credit transfers without really providing any products or services.
Registered firms can use input tax credits to offset the GST owed on the goods or services they supply. The research found that 12 “active firms” were receiving the accumulated input tax credit, while several businesses in India were purportedly utilizing the same PAN as Dhruvi Enterprise.
It has been alleged that a network of over 200 dishonest businesses operates all throughout the nation in an attempt to fool the authorities by transferring and claiming fake input tax credits.
DCP (crime) Ajit Rajian told the reporters that although documents connected to Langa’s wife, Kavita, were recovered, she was not named in the FIR because it was determined that she was not involved in the operations. According to reports, Mahesh Langa is presently being investigated for allegedly exploiting the company fraudulently.
According to the authorities, a sizable gang is involved in a criminal conspiracy that involves falsifying documents, making false claims, and misrepresenting the truth in order to cause the country to suffer significant financial losses that might reach crores.
“Mahesh Langa, a Gujarat-based senior assistant editor at The Hindu, was on Tuesday morning placed under arrest along with three others by the Detection of Crime Branch. Langa is not named in the FIR”. pic.twitter.com/9svuj8BsPQ
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The FIR also names Raj Infra, Om Construction, and Haresh Construction Company in addition to DA Enterprises.