North India Statesman
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A resort in Jaipur has charged Rs 1000. An FIR has been registered against Ritesh Aggarwal -led Oyo after receiving notice from GST department regarding tax evasion of Rs 2.66 crore.
The complaint claimed that the travel booking portal Oyo sent this notice to the resort to give false information. This FII was lodged by Madan Jain at Ashok Nagar Police Station in Jaipur.
Jain, associated with Smaskera Resort, has said in this complaint that Oyo had shown thousands of fake bookings in the name of Smaskera Resort to show his turnover too much, keeping in mind that the GST department issued a notice to pay such a large amount of tax. The most interesting thing in the complaint is that the resort signed a 12 -month agreement with Oyo for booking on April 18, 2029. However, Oyo’s account records showed that the resort was booked for the financial years 2018-19, 2019-20 and 202-21.
The complaint also claimed that between April 18, 2019 and 20 April 2020, OYO paid a total of Rs 1.5 crore to the resort. A business of Rs 10.95 lakh was received and GST payable on it was paid to Oyo by the resort at the same time. However, Oyo showed in his books that he had Rs. During this period, the resort concerned was paid Rs 100 crore. It has done a business of Rs 100 crore. Due to which the GST department has imposed a fine of Rs 22.22 crore on the resort. A notice to pay a tax of Rs 2.66 crore was issued.
In the FIR lodged against Oyo, Oyo Company, its founder and CEO Ritesh Aggarwal and other officials have been accused and they have been booked under sections of cheating, criminal betrayal, forgery and criminal conspiracy.
The Chairman of the Rajasthan Hotel Federation has also claimed that Oyo is showing more bills than the actual business in the GST office and due to this about 20 hotels have received GST notices. Keeping in mind such irregularities, hotels in Rajasthan have launched a campaign against Oyo and many hotels have put up boards that “we do not accept Oyo booking”.
