Police file cheating case against journalist Mahesh Langa

This is the third FIR registered against Mr. Langa after his arrest by in an alleged GST scam

Updated - October 29, 2024 09:50 pm IST - Ahmedabad

The police have registered a cheating case against The Hindu’s Gujarat correspondent, Mahesh Langa, for allegedly duping a businessman of ₹28.68 lakh, an official said on Tuesday.

This is the third first information report (FIR) registered against Mr. Langa after his arrest earlier this month by the Ahmedabad Police’s crime branch in an alleged Goods and Services Tax (GST) scam.

On October 23, a second FIR was registered against the journalist by the Gandhinagar Police after the recovery of documents of the Gujarat Maritime Board from his possession, Ahmedabad Commissioner of Police G.S. Malik said.

Mr. Langa was sent to judicial custody two weeks ago after his police remand in the alleged GST fraud case came to an end.

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday said in New Delhi that Mr. Langa was “controlling” an accused company, DA Enterprises, from whose premises unaccounted-for cash was seized by the Gujarat Police recently as part of an investigation into the GST fraud case. The agency said it undertook fresh searches on Sunday in the money laundering case on seven premises in Ahmedabad, Surat and Bhavnagar and seized “incriminating” documents. The money laundering case stems from an Ahmedabad Crime Branch FIR filed on receipt of a complaint from the Directorate General of GST Intelligence.

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