Ahmedabad: A Bopal businessman who handed over his GST login details to an accountant for filing returns allegedly found himself locked out of the account and facing a Rs 6.8 crore tax liability, besides interest and penalties. The portal of his pharmaceutical wholesale firm reflected purchases of about Rs 34.5 crore and sales of about Rs 17.6 crore for June and July 2025, transactions he says he never conducted.In a complaint with Narol police on Thursday, the company owner named an accountant from Morbi and an unidentified person linked to the mobile number and email address allegedly used to alter the credentials.The 51-year-old runs a wholesale medicine business named Urmi Corporation.According to the complaint, the owner learnt of the disputed transactions only after receiving a notice from the GST department on Sep 9, 2025, flagging the purchases made in June and July 2025.It cited alleged non-payment of tax, warned that the firm’s GST registration could be cancelled, and called the company owner for a personal hearing.The 51-year-old told GST officials that his company had not carried out the transactions. When he tried to check the portal, he allegedly found himself locked out of the firm’s account.The businessman obtained fresh credentials through the GST department and examined the account activity. The complaint alleges that the registered credentials had been changed on May 16, 2025, using a mobile number and email address that did not belong to him, and had not been authorised by him.The 51-year-old alleged that the accountant and the unidentified person, operating the mobile number and email address, acted together to feed bogus transactions into the portal.These entries allegedly created a GST liability of around Rs 6.8 crore for the company, in addition to applicable interest and penalties.The businessman first submitted an application concerning the alleged misuse on Oct 3, 2025. He claimed that he subsequently tried several times to contact the accountant but received no response.The complaint further states that the businessman later learnt that the accountant may have shared the GST credentials of several firms with other people in return for a commission. Police have not independently established this allegation.
