India, March 30 -- Little did two humble egg and juice sellers from Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh know they would get the biggest shock of their lives in the form of Income Tax (I-T) department notices demanding crores in dues-money they never saw, let alone earned.

An egg seller from Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district, Prince Suman, has hit headlines, over a notice claiming he owed the government Rs.6 crore in Goods and Services Tax (GST) for a nearly Rs.50-crore business he never knew existed.

In Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh, juice vendor Md Rahees received a similar notice demanding over Rs.7.5 crore for "bogus" transactions in 2020-21.

In the egg seller's case, the I-T notice revealed that "Prince Enterprises" was registered under his n...