GST dept detains two chartered accountants for fraud, some other CAs call it 'malicious move'

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Department has detained two chartered accountants in a GST fraud case. The CAs were detained by the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI), Gurgaon CGST Department, for issuing a certificate in a GST refund matter.

But a group of CAs has called for a protest, calling the detention "malicious". As per a video posted by the group of CAs, the arrest is "illegal and malicious" as no action is being taken against the person who had received the refund and the officer who allowed the refund without verifying documents.

"We had a council meeting on Friday where we deliberated on this. You cannot label a person guilty without giving them the opportunity of being heard. The frauds are not done by CAs but by the management. We have a zero-tolerance policy against negligence and misconduct," said Debashis Mitra, president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).