India, July 22 -- The Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) has arrested three officials of the Delhi government's Department of Trade and Taxes, and two private persons have been arrested over an alleged GST refund fraud involving wrongful refunds of around Rs 5.50 crore. "The accused have been identified as GST Officer Ajit Singh, GST Inspector Atal Bhardwaj, Lower Division Clerk Himanshu Malik, and private persons Ajay Kumar and Ashish Mishra," the ACB said in a statement.

According to the ACB, the case was registered on a complaint from the Department of Trade and Taxes over alleged irregularities in the processing and sanction of GST refund claims. The investigation revealed that the refunds were allegedly sanctioned in violation of statutor...