A day after Income Tax Department raided on several locations in Bhopal, Indore, and Delhi, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on Monday hinted at the transfer of ‘cash to the headquarter of a major political party’ in the national capital.
It also stated that the I-T Department has detected a well-organised racket of a collection of unaccounted cash of about Rs 281 crore.
“A part of the cash was also transferred to the headquarter of a major political party in Delhi including about Rs 20 crore which was moved through hawala recently to the headquarters of the political party from the residence of a senior functionary Tughlak Road, New Delhi,” said the CBDT, which frames policies for the I-T Department.
“Searches in Madhya Pradesh by Delhi Directorate of Income Tax have detected widespread and well-organised racket of the collection of unaccounted cash of about Rs 281 crore through various persons in different walks of life including business, politics and public service,” the CBDT added.
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According to the Central agency, “Meticulous records of collection and disbursement of cash in the form of handwritten diaries, computer files and excel sheets found and seized corroborate the above findings. Unaccounted cash of Rs 14.6 crore has been found so far, besides 252 bottles of liquor, few arms, and hide-skins of tiger.”
It also claimed that several unaccounted and benami properties at posh locations in the national capital have also been detected, and Instances of violations of the model code of conduct are being brought to the notice of the Election Commission.
On Sunday morning, I-T officials carried out raids at the residences of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath’s private secretary, Praveen Kakkar, in Indore and former advisor R K Miglani in Delhi, on charges of alleged tax evasion.
(With ANI inputs)