Jharkhand: Unaccounted Transactions, Investments Exceeding Rs 100 Crore Found During Income Tax Raids

Jharkhand: Unaccounted Transactions, Investments Exceeding Rs 100 Crore Found During Income Tax Raids

by Swarajya Staff - Tuesday, November 8, 2022 02:56 PM IST
Jharkhand: Unaccounted Transactions, Investments Exceeding Rs 100 Crore Found During Income Tax RaidsIncome Tax Department

The Income Tax department conducted searches on few business groups engaged in coal trading/transportation, execution of civil contracts, extraction of iron ore and production of sponge iron, the Union Finance Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday (8 November).

During the search conducted on 4 November, undisclosed cash exceeding Rs 2 crore has been seized. A total of 16 bank lockers have been put under restraint. So far, the searches have revealed unaccounted transactions/investments exceeding Rs 100 crore, the ministry said.

"Those searched include two politically exposed persons and their associates. The searches were carried out at more than 50 premises spread over Ranchi, Godda, Bermo, Dumka, Jamshedpur, Chaibasa, Patna, Gurugram, and Kolkata," the Finance Ministry said.

The search operation has led to the seizure of large number of incriminating documents and digital evidences.

A preliminary analysis of these evidences indicates that these groups have resorted to various modus-operandi of tax evasion including inflation of expenses, transactions of loans in cash, payments/receipts in cash and suppression of production, the ministry said.

During the search, it has also been found that investments have been made in immovable properties, the source of which could not be fully explained, it added.

The search operation also revealed that one of the groups engaged in civil contracts was not maintaining regular books of account.

The group has been inflating its expenses by entering into non-genuine transactions of purchase of raw material/sub-contract expenses in lumpsum at the fag end of the year. Evidences seized also suggest that unfair payments in cash have been made to secure contracts, the ministry said.

In the case of the other group engaged in coal trading/extraction of iron ore etc, unaccounted stock of iron ore of huge value has been found, which is yet be quantified, it said.

The said group has also introduced its unaccounted money in the form of unsecured loans and share capital by layering the transactions through shell companies, the ministry added.

Professionals associated with this group have admitted that they had not verified any supporting documents and had signed the audit report prepared by the group's accountant without due diligence, according to the ministry.

Further investigations are under process, the ministry said.

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