Overview
- State GST enforcement teams from Raipur conducted simultaneous searches on December 12 at 11 locations in Bilaspur tied to Mahavir Coal Washery, Feel Coal, and Paras Coal & Beneficiation.
- Officials said the operations resulted in tax surrender and deposits totaling Rs 27.5 crore across three coal trading groups.
- During the searches about Rs 10 crore was surrendered, a further Rs 11 crore was deposited the next day, and another washery surrendered Rs 6.5 crore.
- The action was initiated on the directions of State GST Secretary Mukesh Bansal, and preliminary findings point to suspected manipulation of input tax claims.
- No criminal charges have been announced in the reporting, and the case has drawn attention because the firms are associated with businessman Vicky Jain, husband of actor Ankita Lokhande.