The total amount of cash seized during the I-T department’s searches at multiple properties in Odisha linked to Baldeo Sahu and Group of Companies Ltd, a distillery firm run by family members of Dhiraj Sahu exceeded Rs 350 crore.
On the Modi government's resolve to put an end to corruption in the country, Athawale said, "If corruption increases like this, it will harm the country and it will not progress. This is why Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken the resolve to make India free of corruption. The government is punishing those who engaged in corruption." Dhiraj Sahu IT Raids: Rahul Gandhi Should Speak on Cash Unearthed at Congress MP’s Residence in Odisha, Says Union Minister Ramdas Athawale.
Days after income tax sleuths seized Rs 351 crore during raids against a distillery firm owned by a Congress MP's family, Home Minister Amit Shah Monday chided the INDIA bloc parties for not suspending the leader from Jharkhand. Dhiraj Sahu IT Raids: Amit Shah Chides INDIA Bloc Parties for Not Suspending Congress MP After Cash Seizure in Odisha.
The raids against Boudh Distillery Private Limited, its promoters and others, launched on December 6 by the taxman on charges of tax evasion, entered the fifth day on Sunday.
The counting of cash seized from a distillery unit, allegedly linked to Congress MP Dhiraj Prasad Sahu located at Sudpada in Odisha s Balangir district continued on the fifth day even as several counting machines broke down due to the heavy workload, said sources on Sunday.