The Income Tax department on Monday claimed that the raids conducted in Madhya Pradesh over the past two days exposed a “well-organised” racket involving unaccounted cash of Rs 281 crore.The department said a part of the cash was transferred to the headquarters of a ‘major political party in Delhi’ which included Rs 20 crore moved through “hawala” or illegal transaction channels from the residence of a “senior functionary at Tughlak Road, Delhi”. The Income Tax department on Sunday searched the Indore home of Praveen Kakkad, an officer on special duty to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, and other properties related to Kakkad. Premises connected with Kamal Nath’s nephew and businessman Ratul Puri, Nath’s brother-in-law Deepak Puri’s firm Moser Baer, and the home Nath’s former advisor Rajendra Kumar Miglani in Delhi were also searched. Searches were also conducted in Delhi against those linked to a “close relative of the senior functionary” during which officials seized a cash book recording unaccounted transactions of Rs 230 crore, siphoning off money through bogus billing of more than Rs 242 crore and evidence of more than 80 companies in tax havens, the Income Tax department said. Narender Saluja, Media Coordinator of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath, alleged the searches were carried out at the instance of the BJP and were “aimed at maligning the image of the Congress during elections.
Narender Saluja, who is Nath’s media coordinator, questioned how the BJP leader knew the figure, Rs 281 crore, on Monday morning, before the details had been released.
Courtesy/By: Sakshi Garg
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11 Apr 2019
