Hyderabad: The Metrology Department intensified the raids against GST fraud cases. That, on receiving several complaints from people on this Commissioner for Civil Supplies, The Legal Metrology Controller C.V. Anand ordered officials to make special and detailed checks on all the complaints for another week. The GST frauds are in coming into fact from small traders to big shopping malls and even in multiplexes. Charging GST on MRP, non GST items and selling at higher prices in the GST are reported in these raids. In the six days Legal Metrology Department conducted more 5000 raids and made special and detailed checks in malls, multiplexes, star hotels, restaurants, bars, sweet houses and other business points.
The Controller C.V. Anand said, 1062 cases have been booked till now, Rs. 10.62 Lakhs penalty has been laid and few more cases in the trial stage. Mainly in Hyderabad these cases have been booked. The Cases have been booked on the Hyderabad Central Mall, PVR Cinemas, KFC, Mc Donald, Prasad IMAX, Subway Food Court, Srujana Mall in Kukatpally, Blue Fox Restaurant, Shanbagh, Golconda Hotel, Part Hotel. He said they cheated people by charging GST on MRP.
The Anand said that they will continue to intensify on the GST frauds and If anyone is caught first time charging more than MRP penalty will be from Rs. 2000 to Rs. 25,000 and if anyone is caught second time the penalty will double.
