The probe is expounded to some trusts run by Azam Khan and his relations, the sources stated.
Rampur, Uttar Pradesh:
The Revenue Tax division suspected a tax evasion of greater than Rs 800 crore by senior Samajwadi Celebration chief Azam Khan after it carried out raids on him and other people related to him for 3 days, official sources stated on Friday.
Revenue tax sleuths who reached Khan’s residence on Jail Street in Rampur in Uttar Pradesh at 7 am on Wednesday accomplished their search Friday night.
After the officers left his residence round 7 pm on Friday, Mr Khan got here out and stated, “It was a raid of I-T division. They stayed right here for 3 days. They carried out searches and requested questions.” Mr Khan refused to reply additional questions.
On September 13, the Revenue Tax division carried out raids at greater than 30 premises in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh as a part of a tax evasion probe towards Mr Khan.
Official sources stated the division has carried out raids in Rampur, Saharanpur, Lucknow, Ghaziabad and Meerut in Uttar Pradesh other than some premises in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh.
In Ghaziabad, the Revenue Tax division raided a residence in Rajnagar Colony on Wednesday. The home belongs to Ekta Kaushik, stated to be near Azam Khan’s household.
The I-T probe is expounded to some trusts run by Khan and his relations, the sources stated.
The scope of investigation by the I-T division intensified with sleuths reaching the Public Works Division and district panchayat workplace apart from Muhammad Ali Jauhar College headed by Mr Khan, the officers stated.
They stated the federal government expenditure information are being scrutinized as over Rs 800 crore tax evasion was suspected by the politician.
The raids drew sharp response from the Samajwadi Celebration which vowed help to Khan and accused the BJP authorities of “dictatorship” and “misusing central businesses”.
“Azam Khan saheb is the voice of reality. He laid the inspiration for a greater future for youngsters and constructed a college for schooling,” the get together stated in a publish on X in Hindi following the raids on Wednesday.
“Khan has all the time fought towards communal forces. All of us stand united together with his voice,” it stated.
Countering the allegations about misuse of central businesses, BJP chief and Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya had stated the central businesses have been nicely inside their rights to take motion to make “Bharat corruption-free”.
Final yr, a courtroom had convicted Khan in a hate speech case registered over his comment made at a public assembly in Khatanagaria village of the Milak Kotwali space in 2019.
He was sentenced to a few years of imprisonment, following which he was disqualified as an MLA from Rampur. Later, he was acquitted by the next courtroom, however his disqualification was not revoked on account of his conviction in a unique case.
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