4pm News Network: Ahead of the Jharkhand Assembly elections, the Income Tax Department again conducted raids on Saturday (November 9). During this time, the Income Tax Department team raided the premises of Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s personal secretary Sunil Srivastava and people associated with him. According to sources, this raid was carried out at around 9 locations in Ranchi and Jamshedpur. However, no information has yet been revealed about the reason for this action.
According to the information received, the Income Tax Department has raided a total of 16 to 17 places related to Sunil Srivastava, his family members and others. Actually, raids are being carried out at 7 places in Ranchi and 9 places in Jamshedpur. This also includes other places including Jamshedpur’s Anjania Ispat. No further information has been revealed yet.
It is reported that the Income Tax Department has carried out this raid for tax irregularities. He had received information that Sunil Srivastava had committed some irregularities in tax matters. After this the department has taken this measure.
Let us tell you that earlier on October 26, Income Tax had raided many areas of Jharkhand. The Income Tax team had received information about money transfer through Hawala. During this period, the Income Tax Department had seized benami assets worth Rs 150 crore and documents related to investments at the locations of hawala traders.
According to sources, during this period the team of agents found evidence related to hawala business through mobile phones and other digital devices. When investigated by a team of experts, details of transactions worth millions of rupees were revealed. Efforts to identify him are still ongoing.
