The seizure of cash from some premises linked to Congress MP Dheeraj Sahu in Income Tax Department raids is the highest among corrupt people so far, Union Minister and BJP leader Meenakashi Lekhi said on Saturday.
Reacting to the Income Tax department's seizure of over Rs 200 crore from a business group allegedly linked to a Congress Rajya Sabha MP, Congress leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Saturday questioned the BJP's "moral right" to talk about corruption.
He also tagged a news report of the Income Tax department recovering Rs 200 crore in cash from various locations of a business group allegedly linked to Congress MP from Jharkhand Dhiraj Prasad Sahu.
The Income Tax Department conducted raids at Boudh Distilleries Private Limited in Odisha and Jharkhand and recovered huge cash from the premises linked to the company on Tuesday.
Sukesh Chandrasekhar, the alleged conman, is facing multiple cases under stringent sections of the Indian Penal Code and Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
Refuting the reports of Income Tax Department raids on his residence, Miryalaguda BRS MLA Nallamothu Bhaskar Rao said that there are no IT searches on him and he is busy campaigning for the upcoming Telangana polls.
Income Tax department has seized Rs 29 crores cash from the premises linked to Tamil Nadu Public Works and Highways Department Minister EV Velu and his associates, officials told ANI after they searched several premises for the fifth straight day through Tuesday.
The search operations launched by the Income Tax department have been underway for the second consecutive day in Tamil Nadu's Karur and Thiruvannamalai districts on Saturday.
Income Tax Department has, over the years, focused on several measures to ensure ease in compliance of taxpayers and transparent tax administration. In line with transparency in its functioning, the Department had released the Time Series Data of Direct Taxes and Income Tax Return statistics