Income Tax Seized

Over Rs 1,150 crore in cash and jewellery have been seized by the Income Tax Department, during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, sources said on Friday. This marks an 182% increase compared to the Rs 390 crore seized during the last general elections

The Income Tax department executed a series of raids on Banshidhar Tobacco Company, unearthing a complex web of financial manipulations that extend across various states and even overseas.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a dig at the Congress after Rs 353.5 crore cash was seized in an income tax raid from an Odisha-based distillery owned by Congress MP Dheeraj Sahu's family.

BJP MPs led by J P Nadda held a protest in the Parliament Complex, alleging the cash seized by the income tax department on a distillery company linked to a Congress Rajya Sabha MP proved that the opposition party was "neck-deep" in corruption.

BJP chief JP Nadda joined his party colleagues today in criticising the Congress and its Jharkhand MP Dheeraj Sahu, at the centre of one of India's biggest cash seizures.

The seizure of cash from some premises linked to Congress MP Dhiraj Prasad Sahu in Income Tax department raids shows how the grand old party has kept the tradition of corruption alive generation after generation, the BJP said on Saturday.

With the Income Tax Department recovering over Rs 250 crore of unaccounted money in ongoing raids on Odisha-based distilleries, Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday sought to know the source of "benami wealth" seized from the liquor traders.

In the run-up to the assembly elections in five states, the Income Tax department has seized more unexplained cash as compared to elections held in those states earlier, CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxation) chairman Nitin Gupta said on Wednesday.

Unaccounted cash, illicit liquor and other items worth more than Rs 38.34 crore have been seized from separate places in the state till Sunday (October 29), he said.

The Crime Branch team seized the demonetised notes and promptly informed the Election Commission and the Income Tax Department. Their ongoing investigation aims to determine whether these notes were intended for distribution among villagers.

The Income Tax department has seized Rs 94 crore in cash as well as gold and diamond jewellery worth Rs 8 crore and 30 luxury watches following raids on government contractors and real estate developers in Karnataka and some other states.

The Income Tax department today raided the residence of the brother of a Karnataka Congress leader and seized Rs 1 crore cash hidden in a tree.

Income Tax officials searched the BBC's Delhi and Mumbai offices today and seized phones and laptops, weeks after a massive controversy over the UK national broadcaster's documentary on PM Modi and the deadly sectarian riots in Gujarat in 2002.

The Income-tax department has recovered over Rs 11 crore in cash after it conducted raids at various locations and businesses in West Bengal linked to a politician and some others, official sources said.

The Income-tax department has detected "unaccounted" transactions and investments worth more than Rs 100 crore after it raided two Jharkhand Congress MLAs, their alleged associates and linked coal and iron ore businesses across the state last week.

Over Rs 1,150 crore in cash and jewellery have been seized by the Income Tax Department, during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, sources said on Friday. This marks an 182% increase compared to the Rs 390 crore seized during the last general elections

The Income Tax department executed a series of raids on Banshidhar Tobacco Company, unearthing a complex web of financial manipulations that extend across various states and even overseas.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a dig at the Congress after Rs 353.5 crore cash was seized in an income tax raid from an Odisha-based distillery owned by Congress MP Dheeraj Sahu's family.

BJP MPs led by J P Nadda held a protest in the Parliament Complex, alleging the cash seized by the income tax department on a distillery company linked to a Congress Rajya Sabha MP proved that the opposition party was "neck-deep" in corruption.

BJP chief JP Nadda joined his party colleagues today in criticising the Congress and its Jharkhand MP Dheeraj Sahu, at the centre of one of India's biggest cash seizures.

The seizure of cash from some premises linked to Congress MP Dhiraj Prasad Sahu in Income Tax department raids shows how the grand old party has kept the tradition of corruption alive generation after generation, the BJP said on Saturday.

With the Income Tax Department recovering over Rs 250 crore of unaccounted money in ongoing raids on Odisha-based distilleries, Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday sought to know the source of "benami wealth" seized from the liquor traders.

In the run-up to the assembly elections in five states, the Income Tax department has seized more unexplained cash as compared to elections held in those states earlier, CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxation) chairman Nitin Gupta said on Wednesday.

Unaccounted cash, illicit liquor and other items worth more than Rs 38.34 crore have been seized from separate places in the state till Sunday (October 29), he said.

The Crime Branch team seized the demonetised notes and promptly informed the Election Commission and the Income Tax Department. Their ongoing investigation aims to determine whether these notes were intended for distribution among villagers.

The Income Tax department has seized Rs 94 crore in cash as well as gold and diamond jewellery worth Rs 8 crore and 30 luxury watches following raids on government contractors and real estate developers in Karnataka and some other states.

The Income Tax department today raided the residence of the brother of a Karnataka Congress leader and seized Rs 1 crore cash hidden in a tree.

Income Tax officials searched the BBC's Delhi and Mumbai offices today and seized phones and laptops, weeks after a massive controversy over the UK national broadcaster's documentary on PM Modi and the deadly sectarian riots in Gujarat in 2002.

The Income-tax department has recovered over Rs 11 crore in cash after it conducted raids at various locations and businesses in West Bengal linked to a politician and some others, official sources said.

The Income-tax department has detected "unaccounted" transactions and investments worth more than Rs 100 crore after it raided two Jharkhand Congress MLAs, their alleged associates and linked coal and iron ore businesses across the state last week.