Humayun Kalliyath, Executive Director of Kairali TMT, the Steel Bars Company based in Kerala, has been booked in connection with a multi-crore tax evasion case. The Director-General of GST Intelligence conducted an investigation and discovered that more than 100 crores had been eluded in taxes. The arrest was made yesterday in Thiruvananthapuram. Humayun Kalliyat, produced before the Additional Chief – Judicial Magistrate, was remanded in custody for 14 days.
Humayun was apprehended after being under surveillance for a year and a half. According to the agency, the group is regularly dodging GST. GST Intelligence discovered a forgery of a Rs 400 crore bill. It is estimated that the government has lost approximately Rs 43 crore in GST. It is learned that the breadth of the swindle will expand if the inquiries into this matter are enlarged.
The firm generated fake bills and established a tax credit. Neither the goods leave the business nor they were charged to the customer. They were continually engaging in this behaviour. This resulted in the government receiving a negligible portion of the GST. Humayun Kalliyat, according to the GST intelligence team, was the primary conspirator in the scheme. Humayun was apprehended by an Intelligence officer Jijo Francis-led team. Senior intelligence officers Harindran K, Shahul Hameed A, and Balagopal G Kurian oversaw the raid. In contrast, intelligence officers Vaishakh P Vaishakhan, Ashok Kumar Datti, Manju Krishnadas, and Jitu carried it out. The probe was overseen by GST Intelligence Deputy Director Krishnan Minraj and Additional Director Nazir Khan.
Despite the magnitude of the scam, none of Kerala’s major news organisations accorded it the attention it deserved. On the other hand, popular Malayalam channels obliterated news coverage to defend their adored advertiser. On the contrary, people who moderate prime-time debates about such schemes pretend not to notice.
Kairali TMT Bar supports most media and channel events in Kerala. As a result, prominent news organisations avoid reporting on the raids. Most of the news anchors use a laptop advertised by Kairali TMT. Kairali TMT created this type of branding. Well-known actor Mohanlal generated tremendous goodwill for Kairali Bars as a brand ambassador.
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