I-T RAIDS OFFICES, RESIDENCES OF HRY MLA KUNDU
A team of nearly 100 officials searched premises of Kundu and his relatives
: The income tax department on Thursday raided offices and residences of Haryana’s Independent MLA from Meham, Balraj Kundu, in Rohtak. The CBDT, in the evening, said it had detected alleged tax evasion of around Rs 125 crore during the action.
The policy-making body for the tax department said in a statement issued in Delhi that Rs one crore cash and foreign currency worth nearly $14,000 have been seized so far. It said a total of 20 premises were searched in the action against a Gurgaon-based real estate firm, its promoters, directors and other group companies.
ROHTAK: The income tax department on Thursday conducted raids at Haryana’s independent MLA from Meham, Balraj Kundu’s residences in Sector 14, Rohtak, Gurugram, his in-laws’ house in Hisar’s Hansi, his two brothers’ houses in Rohtak and over 30 other premises of his close aides and relatives, officials said.
A team of nearly 100 officials were searching the premises of Kundu and his relatives. The IT officials have seized one laptop from the office of Kundu and the raids were continued till filing the report.
Devender Singh, who looks after Kundu’s Rohtak office, said documents are being scrutinised and accused the government of targeting the opposition leaders for “political vendetta”.
“The MLA is at his Gurugram residence and other members of his family are at Rohtak residence. We are cooperating with the IT teams but this seems to be a deliberate attack on Kundu for raising the farmers’ voices against the farm laws,” he said.
Former Zila Parishad chairman from Rohtak, Balraj Kundu contested the 2019 assembly election as an independent candidate after the saffron party denied him a ticket and pitched Shamsher Singh Kharkhara from the seat, but Kundu managed to defeat Shamsher Singh and also veteran Congress leader Anand Singh Dangi.
After the BJP fell short of majority in Haryana, Kundu extended support to the BJP-JJP government. Later, he withdrew the support from the government, accusing former minister of state for cooperatives, Manish Grover, of indulging in corrupt activities.