LUCKNOW, Jan. 23 -- The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) has arrested a Delhi resident for his alleged role in an inter-state GST fraud involving over 100 fake firms that generated bogus invoices worth Rs.248 crore, resulting in tax evasion of around Rs.45 crore, in a case registered at Muzaffarnagar's Cyber Crime police station, officials said on Thursday.

The STF arrested Zahid, son of Naseem alias Naseemuddin, a resident of Jagatpur area under the Wazirabad police station, around 4 am on Thursday. He was wanted in a case registered under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Section 66D of the Information Technology Act.

The investigation began following a complaint by a Muzaffarnagar resident who alleged...