Ex Telangana chief secretary booked in GST scam
The Hyderabad Central Crime police registered a case against former Telangana chief secretary Somesh Kumar and two senior officials of the state commercial taxes department in connection with an alleged Rs.1,000 crore Goods and Services Tax (GST) scam.
The first information report (FIR) was registered on July 26, based on a complaint lodged by joint commissioner of commercial taxes, K Ravi Kanuri. Along with Somesh Kumar, additional commissioner (sales tax) S V Kasi Visweshara Rao and deputy commissioner (sales tax) A Siva Rama Prasad was named in the FIR, a copy of which was reviewed by HT
The FIR also named assistant professor at Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IIT-H) Sobhan Babu and software firm Plianto Technologies as accused in the case. “The case was registered under Section 406 (criminal breach of trust), 409 (criminal breach of trust by public servants) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of Indian Penal Code, besides Section 65 of IT Act,” Hyderabad CCS sub-inspector of police J Jeetya Naik said.
