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Searches carried out by the Income Tax Department in Tamil Nadu have resulted in the detection of undisclosed income of more than ₹1,000 crore. Unaccounted cash of Rs 1.2 crore has been seized so far. Further investigations are in progress.
The Income Tax Department carried out searches on March 4, 2021 in the case of two Chennai based groups, one of which is a leading bullion trader in Tamil Nadu and the other is one of the biggest jewellery retailers in Southern India. The search operation was carried out at 27 premises located in Chennai, Mumbai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Trichy, Trissur, Nellore, Jaipur and Indore.
On March 7, the Finance Ministry stated, "The evidences found in the premises of the bullion trader revealed that there were unaccounted cash sales, bogus cash credits from its branches, cash credits in dummy accounts in the guise of advance purchases; unexplained cash deposits during the demonetisation period; bogus outstanding sundry creditors; and huge unexplained stock variations."
The evidences found in the premises of the jewellery retailer revealed that the taxpayer received and repaid cash loans from local financiers; had given cash loans to builders and made cash investments in real estate properties; made unaccounted gold bullion purchases; claimed wrongful bad debts; inflated wastages in conversion of old gold to fine gold and jewellery making etc., the ministry stated stated.
Source: timesnownews.com, indiatoday.com
Written by Siddhant Sharma
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