Farmer Receives Rs 72.76 Lakh GST Recovery Notice for Alleged Shell Company in Tamil Nadu:

A farmer has alleged identity theft after receiving a Rs 72.76 lakh GST recovery notice for a shell company he claims was fraudulently created using his PAN and bank account.

Matter Referred to Cyber Cell for Investigation

Saloni Kumari

Jul 20, 2026

Last update on Jul 20, 2026

The Central GST and Central Excise Department have sent a recovery notice of Rs 72.76 lakh to a farmer named Balbir Singh. According to Balbir, the notice was received via email and identified him as the proprietor of M/s Mahendra Agency.

Balbir claimed that he has never run any business in Tamil Nadu with this name; he has never even visited there. As per him, someone has misused his documents, like his PAN card and bank account, to create a shell company.

The notice raised a demand amounting to Rs 72.76 lakh, including GST, interest, and penalty for tax dues for the period between April 2019 and March 2020.

The notice claims that Balbir also has an account maintained with Union Bank in Sidhagarghat, Ghazipur. Balbir said that he had opened this account in 2017 for the purpose of scholarship and never carried out any business transactions using the account. Presently, the matter has been referred to the cyber cell for investigation.

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