New Delhi: The Income Tax department has seized almost Rs 10 crore worth of cash and jewellery from Dimapur in Nagaland, in a curious case of money laundering involving the influential son of a politician from the state.
Based on a tip-off, around Rs 3.5 crore was recovered by Dimapur airport security on Tuesday from a private aircraft carrying Anato Zhimomi, the son-in-law of former Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio and son of lawmaker K Zhimomi.
But even after recovering the cash, and income tax department being informed, the money had mysteriously disappeared from the airport.
According to sources, Mr Zhimomi admitted that he was taking the unaccounted money on behalf of a Delhi-based businessman to deposit into his account in Dimapur. Under local law, if he could prove the money had come from income in Nagaland, he would have received tax exemptions.
Income Tax officers have conducted searches at the homes of the businessman at Delhi's Vasant Kunj and Gurgaon and also at his Gurgaon factory on Wednesday.
They have also seized Mr Zhimomi's Dimapur account which had Rs 4.2 crore of the Delhi businessman's money.
Based on a tip-off, around Rs 3.5 crore was recovered by Dimapur airport security on Tuesday from a private aircraft carrying Anato Zhimomi, the son-in-law of former Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio and son of lawmaker K Zhimomi.
But even after recovering the cash, and income tax department being informed, the money had mysteriously disappeared from the airport.
According to sources, Mr Zhimomi admitted that he was taking the unaccounted money on behalf of a Delhi-based businessman to deposit into his account in Dimapur. Under local law, if he could prove the money had come from income in Nagaland, he would have received tax exemptions.
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Income Tax officers have conducted searches at the homes of the businessman at Delhi's Vasant Kunj and Gurgaon and also at his Gurgaon factory on Wednesday.
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They have also seized Mr Zhimomi's Dimapur account which had Rs 4.2 crore of the Delhi businessman's money.
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