I-T Raid

The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday morning raided the premises of AAP MP Sanjay Singh in connection with the Delhi excise policy-linked money laundering case, officials said. Some other premises of linked people were also being covered, they said. Singh, 51, is a Rajya Sabha MP from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). His staff members and those linked to him were earlier questioned by the ED in this case. It is alleged that the Delhi government's excise policy for 2021-22 to grant licences to liquor traders allowed cartelisation and favoured certain dealers who had allegedly paid bribes for it, a charge strongly refuted by the AAP. The policy was subsequently scrapped and the Delhi lieutenant governor recommended a CBI probe, following which the ED registered a case under the PMLA.

The Income Tax Department has clarified that no such act was carried out by its officials during the raid.

The crackdown is part of coordinated action against thousands of entities identified by the Directorate General of GST Intelligence, which recently shared the information with the I-T department

Notices were being served to a little over 100,000 assesses, seeking explanation on the returns filed within 15 days

The searches were launched yesterday at the premises of Ms SPK and Company, a partnership firm engaged in roads and highways construction on contract from the government

Officials identified the organisation as V Credit Cooperative Society founded here in 1990

Rs 10 crore in new notes and gold bars weighing 127 kg were seized