Sitapur police on January 09, 2026 arrested seven members of an inter-district gang allegedly involved in multi-crore Goods and Services Tax (GST) evasion. The operation led to the recovery of Rs 8 lakh in cash and a massive cache of digital devices, banking instruments and forged documents used to float dozens of bogus firms.
Acting on DGP Rajeev Krishna’s directions, a joint team from Khairabad police station and the Special Operations Group (SOG), under the supervision of the Sitapur SP, Ankur Agarwal, carried out the operation and arrested the accused near Asothar village.
The arrested accused were identified as Mohammad Asif, Anwarul Haq, Mohammad Ammar, Uzair, Abdul Nasir, Zeeshan and Mohammad Arif, residents of Sitapur and Kanpur districts. Police recovered Rs 8 lakh in cash, five laptops, 37 mobile phones, 80 SIM cards, 37 ATM cards, 39 stamps, 18 bill books, 10 PAN cards, 57 cheque books, 10 bank passbooks, 135 cheques from various banks, nine digital signature USB devices, two hard disks, 651 GST bills and tax invoices from different firms, along with two cars.
The SP said the gang operated as an organised network and primarily targeted poor and semi-literate individuals. Luring them with promises of profits from government schemes, the accused collected their identity documents and cash. Using these documents, the gang allegedly created 60–70 fake firms, opened bank accounts in their names, and showed fictitious timber trade transactions to generate fake GST bills and claim illegal benefits, causing huge losses to the govt exchequer.
The accused were booked under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) in case number 15/26 at Khairabad police station and are being produced before the court.
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