Kanpur: The case will be conducted against perfume businessman Piyush Jain, resident of Anandpuri, Kanpur, and thirteen others in the Special CJM Court, Kanpur. Directorate General GST Intelligence (DGGI) has filed a supplementary charge sheet of 160300 pages in the court. Names of 13 more businessmen have been added in the case. In this way, there are a total of 14 accused in the case. Big businessmen of Kanpur city and Kannauj are also included in this. Tax evasion worth billions has been found so far in the entire case. Taking cognizance of this matter, summons have been issued to everyone in the court. The next hearing will be held on October 20 in the special CJM court.
Rs 196 crore cash was recovered
Let us tell you that on 23 December 2021, DigiGI had raided Piyush Jain’s residence in Anandpuri, Kanpur and office and factory in Kannauj. Yesterday the action continued for 4 days. During this period, more than Rs 196 crore cash was recovered. 23 kg gold and 600 liters of sandalwood oil were also seized. Two cases were registered against Piyush in the case. Piyush was sent to jail on 27 December. He got bail from the court after being in jail for 254 days.
Chargesheet filed against 13 businessmen
13 entrepreneurs against whom FIR has been filed. They include Amit Jain, Mahesh Chandra Jain M/s Trimurti Fragrance Pvt Kanpur, Deepak Aggarwal, Shailendra Mittal M/s Ganpati Road Careers Pvt Ltd, Praveen Kumar Jain, Rajan Jain M/s Kushal Chandra International Pvt and Sunil A Hirani along with M/s Odochem Industries Kannauj, Kalpana Jain Proprietor Contains Flora Naturally Kannauj. Government lawyer Amrish Kumar Tandon said that Justice Sushil Kumar Singh’s court has taken cognizance of the case.
Conspiracy sheet not filed
DGGI was earlier investigating 13 accused including Piyush Jain as accused of 120B conspiracy. In the charge sheet filed before the court, DGGI has invoked section 132 of the GST Act. In which the court has given the order sanctioning the prosecution. In which tax evasion takes place. In the order issued by the court, it was said that no prosecution sanction file has been filed in relation to Section 120B. Therefore, now cognizance of conspiracy has not been taken against anyone. Only the case of tax evasion will be taken up. There is a punishment of five years in this also. Conspiracy sheet was not filed.