Income Tax Department conducts searches in Punjab and Haryana, recover unaccounted cash worth Rs 1.70 crore


 






The Income Tax Department on Wednesday (September 8, 2021) conducted search and seizure operations on three prominent Commission agent groups based in Punjab. The raids took place across many premises in Punjab and Haryana.

The IT Department informed that these groups are also engaged in the business of running steel rolling mill, cold storage, general mills, jewellery shop, poultries, rice mills, oil mill, flour mill apart from the business of Commission agents.

The government agency also listed out the following major findings:

1. Books of accounts (Kacha Khata Bahi) in the Laddo script have been found, which show substantial unaccounted transactions running into crores. These books of account are being deciphered with the help of an expert. Parallel sets of books of accounts of some of the business concerns have also been found which show suppression of gross business receipts running into crores on yearly basis.

2. It is found that advances in cash aggregating to crores are given to farmers and interest rates of 1.5 % to 3.00% per month are charged. The interest is received in cash and not shown in the books of account.

3. Cash purchase and sale related to poultry business and rice sheller worth more than Rs. 9 crores has been found. Unaccounted purchases amounting to Rs. 1.29 crore have been found from one of the premises situated in Jalandhar. Details of unaccounted sales have also been found.

4. Two suspected benami firms in the names of employees have been unearthed, whose turnovers are in crores per year.

5. In one of the concerns, the main assessee has accepted that payments in violation of Section 40A(3) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 have been made running into crores over the years, by accounting the same after splitting the payments in the books of account.

6. In Steel Rolling Mills, discrepancy in stock of finished goods has been found and stock taking of raw material (scrap) is underway. The unaccounted stock of finished goods of more than Rs 25 lakh has been worked out as yet.

7. Unaccounted investment in immovable property amounting to Rs. 3.40 crore has been detected and has also been accepted by the owners of the properties covered during the search.

8. At some premises, the digital evidence found has been seized, analysis of which is in progress.

9. Diversion of business funds as interest-free loans/advances to family members of one of the Groups has been detected by the search team.

10. Unaccounted cash aggregating to Rs 1.70 crore has been found in these groups. Unexplained jewellery valued at Rs. 1.50 crore has been found. The unexplained stock of flour valued at Rs 1.50 crore has also been found. Eight Bank lockers have been put under restraint, which is being operated.

The IT Department said that the search operation is still continuing and further investigations are in progress.


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