ED names Somesh as an accused in GST evasion case
Hyderabad: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has listed former chief secretary Somesh Kumar as one of the accused under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 in connection with the GST evasion of over Rs 1,000 crore in the Telangana state commercial tax department (CTD).
ED officials have written to the CTD central computer wing seeking details of an internal report prepared by its officials on the GST evasion.
The ED has registered a case based on the FIR registered by the Hyderabad central crime station (CCS) on the issue, which was subsequently transferred to the Crime Investigation Department (CID) who took up a probe. The ED is investigating the money-laundering aspect of the GST evasion.
