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Each of the 13 hotels also house a liquor shop, where liquor is sold to permit-holders. Raids on 13 star hotels, all of which house liquor shops, revealed tax irregularities to the tune of Rs12.65 crore by State Goods and Services Tax (GST) department, official sources said. An official statement said searches were conducted on 13 hotels in Ahmedabad, Surendranagar, Bhuj, Mundra, Gandhidham, Surat, Jamnagar and Rajkot by State GST authorities recently. The discrepancies were found in Hotel President in Ahmedabad, Hotel Shiv International in Surendranagar, and Jamnagar’s Hotel Fortune Palace. “The tax amount in these cases is Rs12.65 crore..