Income tax sleuths who reached Khan’s residence on Jail Road in Rampur in Uttar Pradesh at 7 am on Wednesday accomplished their search Friday night.
The Income Tax division suspected a tax evasion of greater than Rs 800 crore by senior Samajwadi Party chief Azam Khan after it performed raids on him and folks related to him for 3 days, official sources mentioned on Friday.
Income tax sleuths who reached Khan’s residence on Jail Road in Rampur in Uttar Pradesh at 7 am on Wednesday accomplished their search Friday night.
After the officers left his residence round 7 pm on Friday, Khan got here out and mentioned, “It was a raid of I-T department. They stayed here for three days. They conducted searches and asked questions.” Khan refused to reply additional questions.
On September 13, the Income Tax division performed raids at greater than 30 premises in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh as a part of a tax evasion probe towards Khan.
Official sources mentioned the division has performed raids in Rampur, Saharanpur, Lucknow, Ghaziabad and Meerut in Uttar Pradesh aside from some premises in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh.
In Ghaziabad, the Income Tax division raided a residence in Rajnagar Colony on Wednesday. The home belongs to Ekta Kaushik, mentioned to be near Khan’s household.
The I-T probe is said to some trusts run by Khan and his members of the family, the sources mentioned.
The scope of investigation by the I-T division intensified with sleuths reaching the Public Works Department and district panchayat workplace in addition to Muhammad Ali Jauhar University headed by Khan, the officers mentioned.
They mentioned the federal government expenditure recordsdata are being scrutinized as over Rs 800 crore tax evasion was suspected by the politician.
The raids drew sharp response from the Samajwadi Party which vowed assist to Khan and accused the BJP authorities of “dictatorship” and “misusing central agencies”.
“Azam Khan saheb is the voice of truth. He laid the foundation for a better future for children and built a university for education,” the social gathering mentioned in a put up on X in Hindi following the raids on Wednesday.
“Khan has always fought against communal forces. We all stand united with his voice,” it mentioned.
Countering the allegations about misuse of central businesses, BJP chief and Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya had mentioned the central businesses had been properly inside their rights to take motion to make “Bharat corruption-free”.
Last yr, a court docket 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 court docket, however his disqualification was not revoked on account of his conviction in a distinct case.
