Thiruvananthapuram: Leader of Opposition V.D. Satheesan on Wednesday demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into a GST-related scam in Kerala, alleging that a single group orchestrated fraud worth Rs 1,100 crore.

Speaking to the media, Satheesan claimed that registrations were made in the names of ordinary people without their consent, while the collection and payment of GST were routed through the fraudsters’ accounts.

The scam, he said, was detected by Pune Intelligence, but the state government’s only action so far has been to cancel the registrations.

“The state exchequer has already suffered a loss of Rs 200 crore. The money that should have reached the treasury has not been recovered. Most of those affected people, whose records were used, are not even income taxp

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