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Explained: The Tax Raid That Found Congress MP At Centre Of India's Biggest Cash Recoveries
The Income Tax department recovered over Rs 300 crore cash during a series of raids on the Odisha-based distillery group in which Sahu is a partner. The seizure of cash from properties linked to Congress MP Dhiraj Prasad Sahu shows how the grand old party has kept the tradition of corruption alive generation after generation, the BJP said on Saturday.
Updated Dec 10, 2023 , 08:06 AM IST
Over Rs 300 crore have been seized from premises linked to Jharkhand Rajya Sabha MP Dheeraj Sahu.
The seizure of hundreds of crore from firms linked to its Jharkhand Rajya Sabha MP Dheeraj Sahu has put the Congress in a spot. The development is already facing a low morale following its poor show in the recently-concluded state elections - the party lost three states in the Hindi heartland, two of them where it was in power.
The party has distanced itself from Sahu and has maintained that only he can explain the huge amounts of cash have reportedly unearthed from his properties.
"The Indian National Congress is in no way connected with the businesses of Dheeraj Sahu, MP. Only he can explain, and should explain, how huge amounts of cash have been reportedly unearthed by the income-tax authorities from his properties," AICC general secretary Communications Jairam Ramesh said in a post on X.
The Income Tax department recovered over Rs 300 crore cash during a series of raids on the Odisha-based distillery group in which Sahu is a partner.
The anticipated total recovery is estimated to be around 500 crores, BJP leader Nishikant Dubey said Saturday, pointing out that seven lockers and an additional seven rooms are yet to be opened.
He said Congress MP Dheeraj Kumar Sahu had links with two companies that are under scrutinity.
"The Congress leader is partner in the two companies that are being raided. I feel the Income Tax department should transfer the case to Enforcement Directorate considering the magnanimity of the situation," Nishikant Dubey told Times Now.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday assured the people that the money looted from the public will be returned.
Taking to X, the Prime Minister said, "The countrymen should look at the pile of these notes and then listen to the honest speeches' of their leaders ..Whatever has been looted from the public, every penny will have to be returned, this is Modi's guarantee."
The prime minister also tagged a Hindi newspaper where the cash recovered by the IT department was shown stacked.
The seizure of cash from some premises linked to Congress MP Dhiraj Prasad Sahu in Income Tax department raids shows how the grand old party has kept the tradition of corruption alive generation after generation, the BJP said on Saturday.
A huge pile of cash has been recovered so far in the searches conducted by the Income Tax department against Odisha-based Boudh Distillery Private Limited and entities linked to it. Premises linked to Sahu were also covered as part of the searches, according to officials.
The seizure amount is expected to reach Rs 290 crore, making it the "highest-ever" black money haul by any agency in a single operation, official sources said Saturday.
At a press conference at the BJP headquarters, party leader and Union minister Meenakashi Lekhi said, "The cash seized from Sahu is the biggest haul of cash that has been seized from corrupt persons so far. This shows how the Congress has spread corruption generation after generation and the tradition of corruption has been kept alive."
"Rs 300 crore recovered from just one Congress leader and counting is still on. Imagine if all the corrupt leaders of Congress are kept together, how many notes will be recovered," she said.
BJP's Jharkhand unit president and former chief minister Babulal Marandi has also demanded the arrest of Congress Rajya Sabha MP.
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