Bhubaneswar: Income tax officials on Tuesday concluded the marathon raid at the premises of Congress MP and liquor baron Dheeraj Sahu in Odisha’s Bolangir. Income Tax officials and CISF personnel could be seen leaving Congress MP Dheeraj Sahu’s Bolangir premises after the visuals.
According to sources, around Rs 280 crore cash has been recovered from the premises of Sahu in Bolangir alone. In addition, over 17 kg of gold was seized in the I-T raids at locations linked to the Congress MP from Jharkhand.
Around 30-34 premises of the liquor baron in Odisha, Jharkhand, and West Bengal were searched, over seven days. However, the raids are continuing in Ranchi. The cash seizure made during the searches was the “highest-ever” haul in a single action by any probe agency in the country.
“We received 176 bags and 140 of them have been counted, the rest will be counted today. Officials from three banks were involved in the counting process. About 40 (currency counting) machines were brought here and 25 were in use, while 15 were kept as a backup,” the SBI Regional Manager said.
The Income Tax sleuths conducted raids at the premises of Boudh Distilleries Private Limited on Sunday as a crackdown by the central agency. Baldev Sahu Infra Pvt Ltd company is a group company of Boudh Distilleries, which is allegedly linked to Sahu.
Income Tax sleuths have, so far, recovered more than Rs 351 crore cash from several locations in Odisha and Jharkhand during their raids against Boudh Distilleries Private Limited (BDPL) and entities linked to it. The residences of Sahu were also searched.
