NEW DELHI: The earnings tax division continued its raids in opposition to Samajwadi Celebration chief Azam Khan and people linked to him in Uttar Pradesh on Friday, suspecting a tax evasion of greater than Rs 800 crore by him, official sources mentioned. The scope of investigation by the I-T division intensified with sleuths reaching the Public Works Division and district panchayat workplace in addition to Muhammad Ali Jauhar College headed by Khan, the officers mentioned.
They mentioned the federal government expenditure information are being scrutinized as over Rs 800 crore tax evasion was suspected by the politician. On September 13, the earnings tax division carried out raids at greater than 30 premises in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh as a part of a tax evasion probe in opposition to Khan. The I-T probe is expounded to some trusts run by Khan and his relations, the sources mentioned.
The raids drew sharp response from the Samajwadi Celebration which vowed help to Khan and accused the BJP authorities of “dictatorship” and “misusing central companies”. “Azam Khan saheb is the voice of fact. He laid the muse for a greater future for kids and constructed a college for training,” the get together mentioned in a put up on X in Hindi following the raids on Wednesday.
“Khan has all the time fought in opposition to communal forces. All of us stand united along with his voice,” it mentioned. Countering the allegations about misuse of central companies, BJP chief and Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya had mentioned the central companies had been effectively inside their rights to take motion to make “Bharat corruption-free”.
Final yr, a courtroom had convicted Khan in a hate speech case registered over his comment made at a public assembly in Khatanagaria village of the Milak Kotwali space in 2019. He was sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment, following which he was disqualified as an MLA from Rampur. Later, he was acquitted by a better courtroom, however his disqualification was not revoked on account of his conviction in a special case.
