GST dept raids 2 plywood units in Jagraon, Ludhiana

A SGST officials, on condition of anonymity, said, “We suspect that the owners of the plywood units, in Ludhiana, have been hiding purchase and sale documents to evade tax. We have confiscated certain documents and a probe is on.”

Suspecting tax evasion, the state goods and services tax (SGST) department raided two plywood units in Jagraon on Thursday.

The two teams that carried out the raids in plywood units in Jagraon, Ludhiana, comprised state tax officers Ashok Bali, Rudermani Sharma, Dharminder Kumar, Rituraj Singh and state tax inspectors (STI) Bikramjit Singh, Hardeep Singh, and Balkar Singh

A SGST officials, on condition of anonymity, said, “We suspect that the owners of the units have been hiding purchase and sale documents to evade tax. We have confiscated certain documents and a probe is on.”

The two teams that carried out the raids comprised state tax officers Ashok Bali, Rudermani Sharma, Dharminder Kumar, Rituraj Singh and state tax inspectors (STI) Bikramjit Singh, Hardeep Singh, and Balkar Singh.

The raids were conducted on the directions of deputy commissioner state tax (DCST, Ludhiana Division) Randhir Kaur and assistant commissioner of state tax (ACST, Ludhiana-2) Shinee Singh.

The officials said the raids were conducted under the Punjab Goods and Services Act, 2017.