Hyderabad, April 10 The DGGI, Hyderabad zonal unit, announced on Friday that it had arrested two individuals for allegedly running organized tax evasion rackets.
One of the arrested individuals was identified as a key member and mastermind of an organized network involved in the creation of 48 dummy/non-operational firms.
These entities were used to generate and pass on fraudulent Input Tax Credit (ITC) amounting to Rs 260 crore, according to a release from the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI).
Similarly, another individual was found to be the mastermind behind fraudulent ITC amounting to Rs 13.10 crore.
Both individuals were arrested under the provisions of the CGST Act, 2017, it said.
The DGGI said it has intensified enforcement actions against organized GST evasion cases.
Acting on specific intelligence developed through advanced data analytics and inter-agency collaboration, authorities have initiated action against key masterminds behind large-scale, inter-state GST fraud networks, it said.
In 2025-26, a total of 123 cases were booked against an organized crime network involving Rs 7,252 crore, and a total of 10 people were arrested, the release added.
Further investigation is in progress.