Ludhiana, June 13 -- The state GST department has initiated criminal proceedings against two firms and an individual in Ludhiana by registering separate FIRs over allegations of cheating, forgery and the use of fabricated documents and electronic records to obtain or operate GST registrations.

The cases have been registered against Radhe Sales Corporation and its proprietor Shalu, Guru Nanak Sales Corporation of New Shimlapuri, and Sarabjit Kaur, a resident of Jhujhar Nagar in Shimlapuri.

In the first case, Daba police registered an FIR against Radhe Sales Corporation and its proprietor on the complaint of the state GST department. The department officials alleged that the accused had obtained GST registration by submitting forged docum...