The Income Tax Department has conducted searches across 29 premises in Mumbai, targeting a prominent real estate developer and traders dealing in mobile accessories. The operation uncovered significant undeclared income, including substantial 'on-money' receipts from property sales by the developer and evidence of out-of-books sales and under-invoiced imports by mobile accessory traders. Unaccounted cash and stock were also seized, with investigations ongoing.
The Income Tax Department carried out searches on 17.03.2021 in the case of a prominent builder and developer group based in Mumbai. Searches were also conducted in the case of dealers engaged in the business of trading of mobiles accessories. In all, 29 premises located in Mumbai were covered under search operation, while 14 premises were covered under survey action.
The real estate group is developing a commercial Mall, having 950 units exclusively for the mobile accessories business. Of th
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The searches focused on a prominent builder and developer group and dealers engaged in the business of mobile accessories trading.
A total of 29 premises in Mumbai were covered under search operations, and 14 premises were covered under survey action.
Evidence revealed the builder group received approximately Rs. 150 crore in 'on-money' receipts for a commercial mall and Rs. 70 crore for a residential-cum-commercial project, which were not accounted for. Cash totalling Rs. 5.50 crore was also seized.
Incriminating evidence of out-of-books sales, under-invoiced imports from China, and payments made through hawala channels were found. Unaccounted stock in 13 secret godowns and unaccounted investments in properties worth Rs. 40.5 crore were also detected.
The searches have resulted in the detection of undisclosed income amounting to around Rs. 270 crore.
Transactions with Chinese counterparts took place through the We-Chat app, and the Department has recovered We-chat messages using forensics.