Last Updated: December 10, 2023, 00:15 IST
The Income Tax (I-T) Department intensified its crackdown on the Odisha-based liquor distillery group on Saturday, December 9. (Image: Representative/ANI)
The amount is expected to rise as more cash is yet to be counted and officials have got intelligence about more locations where cash has been hidden
As the Income Tax raids in Jharkhand entered day 4 on Saturday, the Bharatiya Janata Party state unit claimed that “over Rs 300 crore cash” had already been allegedly recovered from various premises linked to Congress Rajya Sabha MP Dhiraj Kumar Sahu.
The recovery of the ‘unaccounted cash’ at the Congress leader’s house led to a political slugfest in the state with the saffron party demanding answers from Congress, which has always been under scanner due to the corrupt practices of some of its leaders.
Congress, on the other hand, distanced itself from the issue and said the only person who would and should answer about the large seizure during the raids is MP Dhiraj Sahu.
The BJP also claimed that the cash recovered during Income-Tax raids in the state and neighbouring Odisha was meant for “horse trading and resort politics” in case there was a hung House in Chhattisgarh.
Here are the latest updates on Jharkhand IT Raids:
- Income Tax Department raids in Odisha enter the fourth day. Baldev Sahu Infra Pvt Ltd company, which is a group company of Boudh Distilleries, were covered in the search.
- The property is linked to Congress Rajya Sabha MP Dhiraj Kumar Sahu.
- The number of machines and manpower has been increased at the raid site. Out of the 175 bags, counting of 40 bags is done, said SBI Regional Manager, Bhagat Behera.
- Jharkhand unit of the BJP on Saturday demanded the Enforcement Directorate to probe into the case.
- The BJP said that the seizure of cash from some premises linked to Congress MP Dhiraj Prasad Sahu in Income Tax department raids shows how the grand old party has kept the tradition of corruption alive generation after generation.
- The seizure amount is expected to exceed Rs 290 crore, making it the “highest-ever” black money haul by any agency in a single operation, official sources said.
- The Congress on Saturday distanced itself from its Jharkhand Rajya Sabha MP Dheeraj Sahu after the recovery of a huge amount of cash from a liquor company linked to him.
- The raids began in Odisha, Jharkhand and West Bengal on Wednesday.
- The seizure amount is expected to reach Rs 290 crore, making it the “highest-ever” black money haul by any agency in a single operation, official sources said Saturday.
- A huge pile of cash has been recovered so far in the searches conducted by the Income Tax department against Odisha-based Boudh Distillery Private Limited and entities linked to it.
