The Income Tax Department has conducted a significant search operation across Maharashtra targeting a syndicate of businessmen, middlemen, and public office holders. The operation, which followed six months of intelligence gathering, covered 25 residential and 15 office premises, along with 4 office surveys. The syndicate is alleged to have facilitated services for corporates, including land allotment and government clearances, with detected transactions totalling Rs 1050 crore. Incriminating digital evidence and substantial amounts of cash and jewellery were recovered.
The Income Tax Department carried out a search operation that commenced on 23.09.2021 on a big syndicate involving certain businessmen/middlemen of Maharashtra and some persons holding public offices. The intelligence was developed over 6 months. In all, 25 residential and 15 office premises were co
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The search operation commenced on 23.09.2021.
In total, 25 residential premises and 15 office premises were searched, while 4 offices were covered under survey.
The total transactions detected during this search are to the tune of Rs. 1050 crore.
The middlemen provided end-to-end services to corporates and entrepreneurs, ranging from land allotment to obtaining governmental clearances.
So far, cash exceeding Rs. 4.6 crore and jewellery valued at Rs. 3.42 crore have been seized. Additionally, Rs. 150 lakh was seized from one of the 'angadiyas' used for cash transfer.
Key areas of money generation included cash paid for key postings under a certain Ministry and cash paid by contractors for getting payments released.