LUCKNOW, Feb. 20 -- The Cyber Cell and Surveillance Team of the Lucknow Police Commissionerate, in a joint operation with Mahanagar police, busted an organised GST tax evasion racket involving fake firms, forged documents and bogus Input Tax Credit (ITC) transactions worth over Rs.4.70 crore. Police arrested three accused for causing a revenue loss of nearly Rs.37 lakh to the state and Central governments, a police department release read on Friday.

Kamlesh Dixit, deputy commissioner of police (DCP), crime, revealed that the action followed an FIR filed on November 3, 2025, by Ashok Kumar Tripathi, deputy commissioner, State Tax Division-19, Lucknow. The firm dealt on paper in ferrous waste and scrap but systematically availed undue ITC ...