The Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) in Gurugram has arrested a Chartered Accountant, Harish Kumar Rampal, who is accused of collecting GST amounting to £12.67 crore from a company, M/s Starcrest Services Pvt. Ltd., but failing to deposit it with the government. Instead, the funds were allegedly misappropriated. Rampal is also suspected of forging GST challans and returns.
TheDirectorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI), North Zone, Gurugram, has arrested Shri Harish Kumar Rampal, Chartered Accountant, proprietor of M/s Rampal and Company(ICAI Reg. No. 080333), the CA firm of M/s Starcrest Services Pvt. Ltd. M/s Rampal and Company had collected GST from M/s Starcrest Services Pvt. Ltd. for onward deposit to government exchequer towards GST liability of the company but they did not deposit the amount approximating of Rs. 12.67 crore in the government exchequer an
Shri Harish Kumar Rampal, a Chartered Accountant and proprietor of M/s Rampal and Company, was arrested by the DGGI.
Approximately £12.67 crore in GST was collected but not deposited with the government.
M/s Starcrest Services Pvt. Ltd. is the company from whom the GST was collected.
He is accused of collecting GST from M/s Starcrest Services Pvt. Ltd. for onward deposit, misappropriating the funds, and forging GST challans and returns.
The offence falls under Section 132 (1) (d) of the CGST Act, 2017, which is a cognizable and non-bailable offence.
Shri Harish Kumar Rampal was arrested on 03.02.2021 and remanded to Judicial Custody for 14 days after being produced before the Metropolitan Magistrate at Patiala House Court, New Delhi.
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