Tag: It Raid

The I-T department teams also conducted raids at the residence of Subrat Chhatoi in Bhubaneswar.

As per initial reports, the raids are being conducted in Odisha and Chhattisgarh for the second consecutive day. The raids are being conducted at several places- Sundargarh, Rourkela, Rayagada, Rajganjpur, Bargarh in Odisha and Raipur in Chhattisgarh.

The Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday came down heavily on the Biju Janata Dal (BJD)-ruling dispensation over its stoic silence on the recovery of Rs 350 crore during IT raids on liquor traders in Bolangir even though one month has passed since. 

The I-T sleuths came out of the plant after a marathon raid that lasted for three days. And if reports are to be believed, they have found many important documents from the liquor maker.

A day after the MP broke silence and clarified that that seized cash from liquor manufacturing units neither belongs to Congress nor any other political party, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday took a jibe at the former.

Accusing the Naveen Patnaik-led BJD government of liquor trade corruption to the tune of Rs 50,000 crore, the saffron party demanded a detailed CBI probe into the incident.

Demanding a clarification from the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), Odisha BJP chief Manmohan Samal said, “BJD should clarify the ownership of the seized cash. Does it belong to the traders or the BJD’s party fund?”

BJP MLA from Baripada, Prakash Soren alleged that the lion’s share of the seized cash from liquor manufacturers in Western Odisha belongs to the BJD.

The I-T team which had made the liquor manufacturing factory its temporary base, has reportedly taken two managers of the factory—Bunty and Rajesh to an undisclosed location for questioning.

Three dozen machines have been deployed by the central agency to count the seized amount.

Addressing a press conference, BJP spokesperson Manoj Mohapatra alleged that Odisha Transport Minister Tukuni Sahu has links with one of the liquor manufacturers in Bolangir who is now under Income Tax department scanner for alleged tax evasion.

The massive I-T raids on multiple divisions of Boudh Distilleries Private Limited, a company manufacturing liquor, are underway for the second day on Thursday.

According to sources, the IT department officials are carrying out raids at the residences of the company’s director, staff and office at IRC village in the State capital.

Separate teams of the I-T department carried out the search operations at the former legislator's residences in Keonjhar, ancestral home at Namibara and three-four places in Bhubaneswar, sources informed.

As per reports an IT team from Bhubaneswar has been searching places linked to Pradhan including his residence at Bhapur, his construction firm (Swayam Sadashiv Constructions) at Fatehgarh and a stone crushing unit at Nimani for the last three days.