Bengaluru: Trader held for evading GST of Rs 42 crore

A businessman was arrested here Tuesday by the Karnataka commercial taxes department for allegedly evading  GST of Rs 42 crore by raising fake invoices of Rs 245 crore in the name of deceased and fictituous people. Preliminary investigation revealed that Mangilal obtained four GST registrations in the name of fictitious persons and issued invoices to the tune of Rs 245 crore, evading GST of R…