ED, I-T raid residence, agencies linked to Telangana minister Kamalakar
Deccan ChronicleHYDERABAD/ WARANGAL: The Enforcement Directorate and the Income Tax department on Wednesday raided properties linked to BC welfare minister Gangula Kamalakar, including his Karimnagar residence, in connection with alleged tax evasion of Rs 124.94 crore. The joint teams raided the premises of SVG Granite at Janahita Apartments in Attapur to verify business transactions, and also searched the offices of Swetha Granites and Aravind Granites in Hyderabad and Karimnagar. It was alleged that eight granite firms — Swetha Agencies, Swetha Granites, AS Shipping Pvt Ltd, JM Baxi company, Maithili Aditya, KVR agencies, Aravind granites, and Sandhya agencies — were evading taxes. The complainant had said: “Swetha agencies evaded Rs 4.19 crore, Swetha agencies, Rs 57 crore, AS Shipping Pvt Ltd, Rs 6 crore, JM Baxi company, Rs 19 crore, Maithili Aditya, Rs 33 crore, KVR agencies, Rs 92 lakh, Aravind Granites, Rs 94 lakh and Sandhya agencies, Rs 14 crore by transporting granite material.” Based on the complaint, ED officials wrote to the MD of Elite Shipping Agencies India Private Limited, seeking details in connection with FEMA about exporters of granite blocks from Karimnagar to foreign countries through Kakinada and Krishnapatnam ports.