Meerut: A day after the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) arrested five men from Rajasthan for allegedly evading GST by issuing e-way bills through 100 fictitious firms, a daily-wage labourer in Lakhimpur Kheri district received an income tax notice showing a turnover of Rs 9.3 crore for the financial year 2020–21.
Mohd Saeed, who has been living with his wife in a rented hut in the Katra locality and working various odd jobs for the past 20 years, claims he never submitted his Aadhaar, PAN, or any other documents for business purposes.
Investigations revealed that a company named Sun Trading was fraudulently registered in Saeed’s name at two separate locations—Mihipurwa Urra in Bahraich and Khairabad in Sitapur—before suddenly shutting down. Saeed suspects that his identity documents were misused after he submitted them for KYC at a local centre. He has now received two massive tax notices, adding to the distress already faced by his struggling family.
Speaking to TOI, Saeed said, “I received this notice on Thursday and because of this, I am highly stressed. I work as a labourer and sometimes cook food at weddings also. I live in a rented hut. I have never heard of this company before. Someone has used my IDs and committed fraud of this unimaginable scale. I want the perpetrators of this fraud behind bars.”
Notably, Saeed has been running from one govt office to another in hopes of clearing his name and bringing the real culprits to justice.
Source #TOI
