In Searches Against Congress MP, Officials Go Hi-Tech To Find Hidden Gold

The raids had been launched on December 6 on expenses of tax evasion

New Delhi/Ranchi:

The money seizure within the tax searches towards an Odisha-based distillery firm owned by Congress MP Dhiraj Kumar Sahu’s household, reached Rs 355.5 crore on Sunday after 5 days of counting.

This unprecedented haul marks the most important single seizure ever made by any investigative company in India, shattering all of the earlier information.

After the huge money restoration, the Earnings Tax Division is now utilizing high-tech devices to search for any gold jewelry that could possibly be hidden under the bottom on the premises linked to Mr Sahu.

Officers mentioned the I-T groups are utilizing the geo surveillance system – which helps detect the jewelry and different valuables hidden under the bottom simply – on the two homes of Dhiraj Sahu in Ranchi and Lohardaga in Jharkhand.

“They discovered lots of money. The division is high-tech, so you possibly can anticipate the newest out there expertise for use within the searches to seek out moe gold,” the information company PTI quoted an official as saying.

The raids had been launched on December 6 on expenses of tax evasion and “off-the-book” transactions.

The I-T Division suspects that the huge cache of money unearthed throughout raids on Boudh Distilleries and related entities represents unaccounted earnings generated from the sale of nation liquor.

The BJP launched a robust counter-offensive, aiming on the Congress and different opposition events. Union House Minister Amit Shah declared that their prior accusations of the federal government misusing investigative businesses at the moment are uncovered as mere “propaganda,” pushed by their concern of being held accountable for his or her alleged corruption.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday assured the general public that “looted cash” can be returned. The PM shared a Hindi newspaper report exhibiting the mountains of money recovered by the earnings tax division.

The Congress, in the meantime, has distanced itself from Dhiraj Sahu and mentioned that it isn’t linked with the companies in any approach and that the MP ought to clarify the money and its supply.