The Income Tax Department has conducted a significant search and seizure operation across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, targeting a group involved in film financing, aquaculture, real estate, film distribution, and money lending. The operation uncovered evidence of undeclared cash transactions totalling Rs 161 crore between 2016 and 2020. Assets worth Rs 17.68 crore, including substantial amounts of cash and gold, were seized during the searches.
The Income Tax Department carried out search and seizure operation on a group based in Eluru on 28.01.2021 at 21 different locations across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The group entities are engaged in Film Financing, Aqua Culture, Real estate, Distribution of Films and Money Lending.
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FAQ :
The Income Tax Department conducted searches due to suspected undisclosed cash transactions and income suppression by a group involved in various businesses.
The targeted group was involved in Film Financing, Aqua Culture, Real estate, Distribution of Films, and Money Lending.
Incriminating evidence relating to undisclosed financial transactions of Rs 161 crore from FY 2016-17 to FY 2019-20 was detected.
Assets worth Rs 17.68 crore were seized, including Rs 14.26 crore in cash and Rs 3.42 crore in gold jewellery, bullion, and silver.
Yes, it was observed that certain entries totalling Rs 13 crore were deleted from cloud data but were subsequently recovered.
The operation was carried out at 21 different locations across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.