Daijiworld Media Network - Kolkata

Kolkata, Sep 30: In a significant development in the ongoing probe into one of the largest GST input tax credit (ITC) frauds in eastern India, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached 10 immovable properties worth Rs 15.41 crore in Kolkata and Howrah. The properties belong to Amit Gupta, identified as a key architect of the syndicate, and his close aides.

The attachments, made under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, take the total value of assets seized in the case to Rs 20.70 crore so far. The ED initiated its investigation following a complaint by the Jamshedpur unit of the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI).

According to ED findings, the fraud was orchestrated through a network of shell companie

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