Income Tax Department conducts searches in Bihar and Jharkhand



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The Income Tax Department has conducted search and seizure operations on a major road construction contractor with operations in Bihar and Jharkhand. The investigation revealed significant tax evasion, with the group allegedly suppressing profits by inflating expenses and selling excess materials for unaccounted cash. Incriminating documents, including diaries, were seized, indicating the movement of undeclared cash for investments and personal expenses. The operation has led to the detection of approximately Rs 100 crore in unaccounted income, with Rs 5.71 crore in cash seized and bank lockers restrained.

The Income Tax Department carried out search and seizure operation on a prominent road construction contractor in Bihar and Jharkhand. The search action was initiated on 27.10.2021 at various premises located in Bihar, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, and West Bengal. The searches revealed that the group has been suppressing its profits by inflating expenses on purchase of materials. Such excess material is sold in the market in cash but cash so generated remains unaccounted. It has been also found
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The Income Tax Department conducted search and seizure operations on a prominent road construction contractor.

Searches were carried out at various premises in Bihar, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, and West Bengal.

The group was suppressing profits by inflating expenses on material purchases, selling excess materials for unaccounted cash, and obtaining accommodation entries for inflated business expenses.

Unaccounted cash of Rs 5.71 crore was seized, ten bank lockers were restrained, and incriminating documents like handwritten diaries were recovered.

The search operation has led to the detection of unaccounted income to the tune of about Rs 100 crore.

No, further investigations are in progress.




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