Now, Patiala ‘chaatwala’ surrenders R 1.20cr to IT dept
PATIALA: When income tax sleuths came calling at Patiala’s famous chaatwala, they had a big surprise in store for them: Rs 1.20 crore undisclosed income.
The Wednesday surrender comes close on the heels of a Ludhiana pakorawala declaring an undisclosed income of Rs 60 lakh to the tax department 10 days ago.
“The owner of Rinku Chat World had not filed IT returns for the past two years. After conducting a discreet survey and tracing the footfall at his shop and also his supplies to other shops and marriages, we raided his Focal Point shop and found that he had made investments running into lakhs in real estate,” said an I-T official, who was part of the raiding team.
The chaatwala also has booking offices on Sirhind road where he takes bulk orders for marriages and other functions.
“In our survey, we have found that famous eateries are making huge money but not paying taxes according to their income. Thus, we have decided to launch this drive against tax defaulters”, said another official, who was part of team that raided Ludhiana pakorawala and other eateries.