IT department says its searches resulted in seizure of ₹351 crore of unaccounted cash
The HinduThe Income Tax Department, which had carried out simultaneous searches in Odisha, Jharkhand, and West Bengal in the first week of December, said ‘unaccounted’ cash amounting to more than ₹351 crore was discovered during raid. The IT department for the first issued an official statement which said, “The search operation has resulted in the seizure of undisclosed cash amounting to more than ₹351 crore and unaccounted jewellery exceeding ₹2.80 crore. Preliminary analysis of seized evidence reveals records of unaccounted sales of country liquor, systematic details of undisclosed cash receipts and references for movement of unaccounted cash,” the department found. The IT department further said the facts unearthed during the search operation indicated that the group was indulging in huge suppression of income earned from the liquor business.