New Delhi: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police has registered an FIR on the complaint of a New Delhi resident who alleged that his PAN and identity details were used to create a GST registration and operate a business he had no knowledge of, with reported outward supplies worth Rs 79.4 crore.The complainant told police that he had never authorised anyone to use his PAN, identity particulars, photograph, address, mobile number, email credentials or any other KYC documents for creating or operating a business in Maharashtra.“While preparing and filing my income-tax return for 2025-26 and examining my annual information statement (AIS), I discovered that a GST registration and a substantial GST-related commercial trail had been linked to my PAN without my knowledge or consent. The discovery was wholly unexpected because I have never applied for, owned, controlled or operated any such business,” the complainant told police.He said the GST registration listed the premises of the business as Mumbai. The complainant said he has never owned, occupied, rented, licensed or conducted any business from the premises that are linked to this GST account.The GST portal record shows the GSTIN status as “cancelled suo-moto”, with the cancellation effective from Aug 17, 2025, the same date as the registration. The record also shows that Aadhaar was not authenticated and e-KYC was not verified.He also said that he did not knowingly receive or share any OTP, Aadhaar authentication request, e-mail verification, electronic verification code (EVC), digital signature credentials or other authentication communication for obtaining or operating this GST registration.The income-tax data linked to the GST registration reflects an annual turnover of around Rs 79.4 crore. “I categorically deny having made any such supplies, issued any invoice, received any consideration, earned any income or derived any direct or indirect financial benefit from these transactions,” the complainant said.The AIS also reflects GST-related purchase information under the same GSTIN from multiple suppliers and counterparties, the complaint said.Police said a prima facie case was made out under sections 319(2) (cheating by personation), 318(4) (cheating), 336(3) (forgery), 340(2) (using a forged document or electronic record as genuine) and 61(2) (criminal conspiracy) of BNS.The EOW is now probing who created and operated the GST registration, the persons who filed the returns, the counterparties linked to the transactions and the financial trail associated with the reported turnover.
