According to officials, forensic teams, including the Scene of Crime Officer (SOCO) team and the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) team, are probing the case. Officials said Income Tax raids had been conducted at Roy's premises over the past two days.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Saturday questioned the timing of the Income Tax (I-T) department's raids on his associate, suggesting such actions had become increasingly common since 2014.
The Income Tax department is conducting raids at the residence of Sunil Srivastava, a close aide and personal secretary of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, said sources on Saturday.
More than 10 officers and employees have reached the residence of the former Minister, Amarjeet Bhagat and they are checking documents inside the house. Heavy security has been deployed outside the house, according to the source.
Congress leader Girish Chodankar questioned the silence of Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Income Tax raids against a member of the Town and Country Planning Board along with an IAS officer posted in Goa.
Commenting on the recent Income Tax raids on his premises, in which crores of rupees were unearthed, Congress MP Dhiraj Prasad Sahu for the first time responded, saying that the money has nothing to do with the grand old party or any political party.
As the currency counting of 176 bags is completed after the Income Tax raids at properties connected to Rajya Sabha MP Dheeraj Sahu, the Income Tax department will deposit all the sized cash at the same bank in Balangir SBI main branch following the official procedure on Monday.
After Amit Shah charged Congress with corruption over Income Tax raids on party MP Dheeraj Sahu, MP Manickam Tagore called the Home Minister's remarks "unfortunate".
After Union Home Minister Amit Shah targeted the INDIA bloc for remaining "silent" on the Income Tax seizure of over Rs 200 crores, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi asserted that blaming the opposition for Congress MP Dheeraj Sahu's business interests was unjust.
Referring to the seizure of huge amounts of cash in Income Tax raids at premises linked to a Congress MP, Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Sunday said that the BJP aims for 400 seats, while Congress indulges in Rs 400 crore corruption.