The Income Tax (I-T) department on Thursday carried out searches at some sugar factories in Kolhapur district of Maharashtra.
Some discrepancies were found in the account books of the sugar factories and in view of this, searches were being conducted at their premises, an I-T official from Delhi told PTI.
"The searches are still in progress," he said, while refusing to divulge the names of individuals and the sugar companies concerned.
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