GST officials detect Rs 105-cr tax evasion by Indore-based cigarette maker

DGGI had conducted searches at the firm's premises that revealed that a secret exit had been set up on the rear side through which unaccounted raw materials were brought and finished goods cleared

GST intelligence officials have detected tax evasion of Rs 105 crore by a cigarette manufacturing firm in Indore in the last one year, according to an official statement issued on Monday.

The officials of the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) here had conducted searches at the firm's premises last week that revealed that a secret exit had been set up on the rear side of the factory through which unaccounted raw materials were brought in and finished goods cleared, it said explaining the modus operandi.

It was also found that the generator sets used for operating machines were manipulated