Income Tax Department conducts searches in Kanchipuram, Chennai and Vellore



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The Income Tax Department has conducted searches across 34 premises in Kanchipuram, Chennai, and Vellore. The investigations targeted a chit fund and financing group, and a retailer of silk sarees and garments. In the chit fund case, undeclared income exceeding Rs. 150 crore was detected, with transactions worth over Rs. 400 crore conducted entirely in cash. The garment retailer case revealed sales suppression and undeclared income of over Rs. 100 crore. Significant amounts of unaccounted cash and gold jewellery were seized in both operations.

The Income Tax Department conducted searches on 05/10/2021 in two cases of Kanchipuram, one being a Chit Fund and Financing Group and the other a retailer of Silk Sarees and other garments. The search operations were carried out at 34 premises located in Kanchipuram, Chennai and Vellore. In the case of Chit Fund group, it was found that this group was running an unauthorised chit fund business, and all the investments and pay-outs of more than Rs. 400 crore, in the last few years, were done e
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The Income Tax Department conducted searches in Kanchipuram, Chennai, and Vellore.

The searches targeted a chit fund and financing group, and a retailer of silk sarees and other garments.

The undisclosed income detected in the chit fund group is more than Rs. 150 crore.

Unaccounted cash of Rs. 1.35 crore and gold jewellery of about 7.5 kg were seized, along with property documents and financial records.

The undisclosed income detected in the silk sarees and garments group is more than Rs. 100 crore.

Unaccounted cash of Rs. 44 lakh and gold jewellery of about 9.5 kg were seized.




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