100 officers at Congress MP's premises; raid recovery to touch Rs 300 crore

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The value of the unaccounted cash seized by the Income Tax Department from the premises linked to Congress Rajya Sabha MP Dheeraj Sahu in Odisha and Jharkhand is likely to amount to Rs 300 crore figure, official sources said on Saturday...

With this, the cash seizure in the raids which began on Wednesday, will make it the "highest-ever" black money haul by any agency in a single operation, reported news agency PTI, citing official sources...

The department also acquired more vehicles to transport the seized cash to government banks in the state.. Further, more than 100 officers of the Income Tax Department were also deployed in different places in the Bolangir district, said sources...

In the latest development on Saturday, 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 of Odisha where raids were conducted.. Sources said the amount recovered from Bunty Sahu's house was expected to cross Rs 20 crore...

Notable past seizures from the past include the 2019 GST Intelligence raid on a Kanpur businessman and the Income Tax department uncovering Rs 163 crore during searches on a Tamil Nadu road construction firm in July 2018...

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