Aurangabad. Large scale black money has been recovered in Income Tax raids at two places in Aurangabad and Jalna of Maharashtra. Income tax teams raided a builder in Aurangabad and the owner of a steel making company in Jalna. Black money of 390 crores has been unearthed in the raids. Income tax officers recovered Rs 58 crore cash and 32 kg gold from both the places. It took the officers close to 13 hours to count the cash. The raids were conducted in Jalna on 3 August. The owners of SRJ PT Steels Pvt Ltd and Kalika Steel Alloys Pvt Ltd came under the scanner of these raids. Teams of 260 Income Tax officers conducted raids in Jalna.
These raids were kept strictly confidential. The raids took place between 1 and 8 August. These raids were carried out by the teams of Income Tax office located in Nashik. In this 5 teams were formed. In 120 vehicles, teams have detected black money by raiding at many places. The cash found in the raids was taken to the State Bank and counted. The counting of cash lasted from 11 am to 1 pm. According to Income Tax, he had received reports of black money being made at both the places. Cash was also recovered from a farmhouse.
Let us tell you that in connection with the teacher recruitment scam in Kolkata, the ED had raided the flats of actor Arpita Mukherjee. The ED had recovered cash, foreign currency and gold worth more than 50 crores from two places. After this, there has been a large-scale recovery of black money in Maharashtra.