tax fraud

Officials said the probe began in November 2025 after detecting deletion of bulk bills and modified transaction records to suppress actual sales. Restaurants will be advised to update returns before 31 March 2026 under Section 139(8A).

The BJP spokesperson referred to a 2014 interview of Pinaki Mishra, claiming his family firms had no active business operations, and argued that the alleged payments could amount to abetment and breach of parliamentary ethics rules.