Gujarat-based journalist Langa now booked for ‘possession of confidential documents’

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Langa Mahesh Langa, elder adjunct exertion astatine The Hindu. (Photo: Mahesh Langa/ X)

Senior writer Mahesh Langa, successful judicial custody successful a lawsuit of alleged Goods and Services Tax (GST) evasion, was booked again connected Tuesday — this clip by Gandhinagar constabulary successful a lawsuit of alleged possession of confidential authorities documents.

Langa, a elder adjunct exertion with The Hindu, was booked connected charges of possession of documents related to the Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB), said Ravi Teja Vasamsetty, Superintendent of Police (SP), Gandhinagar.

Police said the documents were recovered from Langa’s possession during his apprehension successful the GST fraud case. The SP, however, declined to remark connected the sections nether which Langa had been booked successful the caller FIR.

Meanwhile, the Gandhinagar Police, connected the ground of these documents, reached the GMB bureau Tuesday and conducted searches to find the root that allegedly leaked the documents to Langa.

SP Vasamsetty said, “An FIR was filed against Langa at

Sector-7 constabulary presumption for possession of the GMB documents. Currently, helium is the sole accused successful the case. We are attempting to find retired however helium received those documents.”

Meanwhile, the Ahmedabad Detection of Crime Branch Tuesday arrested 5 much persons successful the ongoing probe into what is being called a nationwide racket of evading GST by a web of 220 ammunition companies, galore of them based successful Gujarat.

DCP Ajit Rajian said the 5 men arrested Tuesday, Adil Kadar Khokhar, Kadar alias Navdi Rafiqbhai Khokhar, Akil Anubhai Pathan, Shahrukh Rafiqbhai Rangrej, and Sarfaraz Mustufa Chauhan, are residents of Bhavnagar.

With the latest arrests, the full fig of persons nabbed successful this lawsuit has gone up to 13. The archetypal radical to person been arrested successful the lawsuit were Langa, Aijaz alias Maldar, Abdulkader alias Bapu, and Jyotish Magan Gondaliya.

On October 13, Faizal Munaf Shaikh, Irfan alias Padu Sattar Jethwa, Jignesh Himmatlal Desai, and Paresh Pradeep Dodiya were arrested.

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