Man arrested in Gujarat for Rs 177-crore GST fraud

A man has been arrested for allegedly issuing fake invoices to claim Rs 177.64-crore input tax credit, the Central  GST department said Saturday.  The man, identified as Ehsas Ali Saiyad, a resident of Vadodara, was the mastermind of a scam involving issuing of fake invoices, said the office of the Central GST and Central Excise Commissionerate in a release in Gandhinagar.  The 29-y…