Hyderabad, May 4 -- Five Goods and Services Tax (GST) officials including a deputy commissioner have been been arrested by the Central Crime Station (CCS), Hyderabad police, for aiding and conspiring with other persons who claimed GST returns fraudulently.

The GST officials were arrested after the CCS officials earlier took into custody four other accused persons named Chiraag Sharma, at tax consultant, Vemireddy Raja Ramesh Reddy, Mummagari Giridhar Reddy and Kondragunta Vineel Chowdary. According to the CCS police, they started bogus electric bike manufacturing units with various names by collecting electricity bills from the property owners in Hyderabad.

Later, they registered the firms in the GST portal by submitting fake and fabric...