CBI raids 7 places in Bihar, Jharkhand in Rs 100-crore GST fraud; customs officers in dock
GST
Dated:- 21-6-2025
PTI
New Delhi, Jun 21 (PTI) The CBI on Saturday searched seven locations in Bihar and Jharkhand in a 100-crore scam, allegedly executed by claiming GST through bogus export bills, with five customs officers, including the additional commissioner GST, Patna, as the main accused, officials said.
The CBI conducted searches at two locations in Patna, two in Purnea, and one each in Jamshedpur, Nalanda, and Munger, finding seven bars of gold, each weighing 100 grams, they said.
The scam was exposed when an abnormal increase in exports of tiles and automobile parts to Nepal was noticed in Land Customs Stations (LCS) in J
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e created for amounts less than Rs 10 lakh, which is the highest amount that a customs superintendent is allowed to clear.
The CBI FIR alleged that, in all, fake exports to the tune of Rs 800 crore were shown by these superintendents with goods carrying GST duties of 28 per cent and 18 per cent, two of the higher GST slabs, which enabled them to claim refunds of around Rs 100 crore.
The investigation also showed that the firms were not functioning from their registered address.
As part of the fraud, the suspects presented 4,161 E-way bills of vehicles — two-wheelers, buses, and even ambulances. But the initial probe showed that none of the vehicles mentioned in the bills matched with the database of the SSB, the force that guards the
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