Gujarat’s State Goods and Services Tax (SGST) department on Friday remanded Pragnesh Kantaria, an accused in the Rs 186 crore bogus billing scam, to three days’ remand.
On 3 December, the SGST department arrested Pragnesh Kantaria, a partner of M/s Infinity Exim, on charges of GST evasion of over Rs 34 crore.
This came after action by the SGST department as part of which, on November 11, search and seizure operations were conducted at 14 copper firms, including Fortune Copper Industries and Infinity Exim, in Surat, Rajkot, Bharuch, Vapi, Junagadh and Bhavnagar districts. Gujarat.
In the statement released on Friday, it is said, ‘Kantaria was brought to the bench of the Metropolitan Judge and the deadline was extended till the afternoon of 9th January.