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Tax raids continued at the premises of Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Dheeraj Sahu in Odisha and Jharkhand on Saturday, even as more than Rs 200 crore of unaccounted cash has been recovered so far..
In the latest development, the Income Tax teams seized three more bags from Dheeraj Sahu's premises in Ranchi, while nearly 19 bags of money were seized from the house of one Bunty Sahu, deputed as in charge of the maintenance of liquor factories in the areas where raids were underway in Odisha...
The amount recovered from Bunty Sahu's house was expected to cross Rs 20 crore, sources said, as the seized money was being transported to banks in Sudpara, Odisha's Balangir...
Meanwhile, according to news agency PTI, unaccounted cash amounting to around Rs 225 crore has been recovered so far through searches being conducted by the Income Tax department against Odisha-based Boudh Distillery Private Limited and entities linked to it...
Officials said cash amounting to Rs 200 crore, stashed in almirahs, was recovered from the premises of the distillery group in Bolangir district in Odisha, while the remaining amount was found in other locations such as Sambalpur and Sundargarh in Odisha, Bokaro and Ranchi in Jharkhand, and Kolkata.. . s ..
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