New Delhi: Tax evasion worth crores of rupees has been detected during Income Tax raids on two businessmen in the city. The I-T raid was underway at the house, factory, office, cold store and petrol pump of perfume trader Piyush Jain in Kanpur, Kannauj, Mumbai and Gujarat.
The income tax raid was conducted at Piyush Jain’s property, who is close to Akhilesh Yadav. He had also launched Samajwadi Party perfume, branded as ‘Samajwadi Attar’ in November.
The raid was conducted by the officers of the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) only after specific intelligence inputs.
Soon after cash worth Rs 150 crore was reportedly found during the raids., the BJP leaders started attacking Akhilesh Yadav.
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जनता का पैसा हमारा है!समाजवादी पार्टी के कार्यालय में समाजवादी इत्र लॉन्च करने वाले पीयूष जैन के यहाँ GST के छापे में बरामद 100+ करोड़ कौन से समाजवाद की काली कमाई है? pic.twitter.com/EEp7H5IHmt
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100+ करोड़ कैश मिला है समाजवादी परफ्यूम लॉन्च करने वाले व्यापारी के घर से। pic.twitter.com/6zo0odVLur
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On Saturday, the searches were conducted at 30 premises in Lucknow, Mainpuri, and Mau in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, as well as in Kolkata, Bengaluru and Delhi-NCR.
More details awaited.