Archive · 23 Aug 2026
Lucknow Crime Branch Busts Fake GST Network, Arrests Four
Police in Lucknow say they found a group using fake papers to create GST companies.
These companies appeared to do business, but the transactions were only on paper.
The group allegedly used this method to claim and transfer false tax credits.
Police said this may have cost the government about Rs 27.25 lakh to Rs 27.30 lakh.
The investigation began after a complaint about M/s Ghanshyam Enterprises on August 30, 2025.
Four people—Vaibhav Singh, Mohd Arsan, Vikas Kumar, and Mohd Saqib—were arrested.
Officers also recovered six mobile phones.
Police are checking digital records to find more people connected to the alleged network.
Lucknow Crime Branch and Hasanganj police arrested four alleged members of a fake GST network.
The accused allegedly used forged documents to create GST firms and pass on fraudulent Input Tax Credit.
The investigation centered on M/s Ghanshyam Enterprises, registered to trade lead waste and plastic scrap.
Officials estimated the government revenue loss at approximately Rs 27.25 lakh to Rs 27.30 lakh.
Police recovered six mobile phones and are investigating other accomplices and associated firms.
- Who
- Lucknow Crime Branch and Hasanganj police arrested Vaibhav Singh, Mohd Arsan, Vikas Kumar, and Mohd Saqib.
- What
- Police uncovered an alleged network that created fake GST firms and transferred fraudulent Input Tax Credit.
- When
- The complaint about M/s Ghanshyam Enterprises was received on August 30, 2025; arrests followed the investigation.
- Where
- Lucknow, with the case registered at Hasanganj police station.
- Why
- The alleged scheme used forged documents and paper transactions to obtain financial gains and evade GST.
- Arrests
- Four alleged gang members were arrested.
- Firm investigated
- M/s Ghanshyam Enterprises
- Alleged commodities
- Unwrought lead waste, parings, and plastic scrap
- Estimated revenue loss
- Approximately Rs 27.25 lakh to Rs 27.30 lakh, according to different figures in the report
- Recovered items
- Six mobile phones
- Complaint date
- August 30, 2025
- Legal case
- Case Crime No. 130/2025 under sections 319(2), 318(4), 338, 336(3), 340(2), and 61(2) of the BNS