Union Minister for Tourism and Culture G. Kishan Reddy has expressed serious concern at the role of the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IIT-H) in the massive GST returns scam unearthed by Telangana Commercial Taxes department running into over ₹1,000 crore.
Mr. Kishan Reddy, according to highly placed sources, taking cognisance of the story published in these columns on Tuesday, has dashed off a letter to the Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan urging him to look into the alleged role of certain officials of the IIT-H in the episode.
A clipping of the exclusive story reported by ‘The Hindu’ which exposed the GST returns scam was forwarded to the Union Education Minister for further action, they said. IIT-H had an agreement with the Telangana Commercial Taxes department to provide IT support but the data was not shared with the CT department making it accessible to select officials only.
