Express News Service
RAIPUR: After four days of raids carried out at multiple locations, including the residential premises of a deputy secretary in Chhattisgarh chief minister’s office and a prominent businessman in the state, the investigation wing of Income Tax (I-T) department, found “numerous incriminating documents, loose sheets, digital evidences,” sources said.
The search and seizure operations of the IT department began on Thursday on the group engaged in the business of coal transportation and other allied activities.“The premises of a senior government officer were also covered in the search action.
The modus-operandi followed by the group included unfair regular collections on coal transportation throughout the state, leading to generation of huge unaccounted income. Evidence of such collection of over Rs 200 crore during a short time period has been found,” the department said in a statement on Monday. The raids were carried out at the houses and establishments owned by prominent businessman Suryakant Tiwari and his associates engaged in coal and real estate businesses.
