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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.
Around Rs 353 crore has been recovered in the Income Tax department's raids on premises in Jharkhand and Odisha, linked to Congress MP Dheeraj Sahu. The cash haul is the highest ever in a single operation by any probe agency in the country.
The I-T department roped in three banks and used 40 money-counting machines, but many machines malfunctioned due to the enormous amount. The counting involved nine teams of about 80 people from the tax department and various banks.
Siddaramaiah on Sunday accused the Centre of targeting only the Congress and not the BJP, in the wake of seizure of unaccounted cash amounting to over Rs 200 crore from premises allegedly linked to Jharkhand Congress MP Dhiraj Prasad Sahu.
The cash seizure in the income-tax department's searches against an Odisha-based distillery company, owned by a Congress MP's family, has been calculated at Rs 351 crore after five days of counting and is the "highest-ever" haul in a