CBI Raids Premises of P Chidambaram
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NO.: DL(S)-01/3420/2015-17 PUBLISHED FROM DELHI & KOLKATA VOL. 12, ISSUE 135 | Wednesday, 17 May 2017 | New Delhi | Pages 16 | Rs 3.00 NO HALF TRUTHS pNIFTY 9512.25 (+66.85) pSENSEX 30,582.60 (+260.48) qDOW JONES 20,966.80 (-15.14) qNASDAQ 6,143.65 (-6.02) qRUPEE/DOLLAR 64.08 (-0.03) qRUPEE/EURO 70.92 (-0.60) qGOLD/10GM 28,600.00 (-30.00) pSILVER/K 38,900.00 (+400.00) ‘CENTRE STALLING BJP TO STEP UP HILLARY LAUNCHES ‘MONEY, FAME, DELHI GOVT’S CAMPAIGN AGAINST NEW POLITICAL NAME ARE ACTIVITIES BY SIDDARAMAIAH GROUP: ‘ONWARD WINDFALL HOLDING FILES’ PG3 PG6 TOGETHER’ PG11 GAMES’ PG16 91 LAKH COME UNDER TAX CBI SLEUTHS FANNED OUT ACROSS THEIR PROPERTIES IN CHENNAI, MUMBAI, DELHI & GGN NET POST NOTE BAN: JAITLEY I-T raids in benami land Govt launches clean money portal to track tax defaulters CBI raids premises of deal linked to Lalu MPOST BUREAU MPOST BUREAU NEW DELHI: The number of persons under the NEW DELHI: The Income Tax tax net has increased by 91 lakh as unaccounted department on Tuesday con- cash lost anonymity post note ban, Finance Min- P Chidambaram, son ducted raids and surveys in at ister Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday. MPOST BUREAU least 22 locations in Delhi and Launching a new website on ‘Operation adjoining areas on charges of Clean Money’, a programme to bring ille- NEW DELHI/ CHENNAI: The alleged benami deals worth Rs gal wealth on books, he said the fallout of the CBI on Tuesday searched the 1,000 crore linked to Rashtriya November 8 decision to demonetise higher homes and offices of Karti Chid- Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu denomination currency has increased move- ambaram, son of former Finance Prasad and others. ment towards digitisation, number of assessees Minister P Chidambaram, across Officials said the department going up and tax revenue jumping as also fear four cities for allegedly receiving began raiding the premises of of dealing in cash being instilled (rpt) instilled. money from a media firm owned some prominent businessmen Stating that as many as 91 lakh persons have by Indrani and Peter Mukerjea to and real estate agents in Delhi, rupt land deals worth over Rs come under the tax net, Jaitley said he expects scuttle a tax probe. Gurgaon, Rewari and few oth- 1,000 crore, and asked the cen- » Karti says he’s innocent further increase in tax returns going ahead. CBI sleuths fanned out across ers since early morning. tral government to probe one Post demonetisation, there has been a hike the Chidambaram’s’ proper- » Opposition calls it politics of The searches are also being such transaction in Delhi. in collection of personal income tax, the finance ties in Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi revenge and vendetta conducted at the premises of the Union minister Ravi Shan- minister said, adding that the new portal will and Gurugram early on Tuesday son of RJD MP P C Gupta and kar Prasad had alleged that these help honest tax payer. morning. The investigating agency » It is alleged that Karti took few other businessmen. transactions were a case of quid CBDT Chairman Sushil Chandra said there had filed an FIR on Monday eve- money from a media firm to While raids are being con- pro quo as they date back to the was 22 per cent growth in e-filed returns post ning on charges of criminal con- scuttle tax probe ducted at a dozen locations, ten period when Lalu Prasad was the demonetisation. spiracy, cheating, receiving illegal Former FM P Chidambaram outside the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday and (Right) his son Karti Chidambaram PTI other official premises are being railway minister and dared Bihar As many as 17.92 lakh people were identified gratification, influencing public surveyed by the I-T department, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to for unexplained deposits post demonetisation, servants and criminal misconduct. other agencies to target his son. that he was being targeted for his group in the name of other compa- they said. take action against him. he said, adding the tax department has identified It is alleged that Karti received “The government, using the columns critical of the government nies in which Karti had substantial “People and businessmen We expect the central gov- one lakh suspected tax avoidance cases. money from INX Media for using CBI and other agencies, is target- and claimed that the issue was why interests “directly or indirectly”. connected to the land deal ernment to take appropriate He also said that an undisclosed income of Rs his influence to manipulate a ing my son and his friends...The beneficiaries of Foreign Invest- The agency has registered an involving Lalu Prasad and his action, Ravi Shankar Prasad 16,398 crore was identified post demonetisation. tax probe against it in a case of government’s aim is to silence my ment Promotion Board (FIPB) FIR against Karti, his company family are being searched. had said. “We identified around 17.92 lakh persons in violation of Foreign Investment voice and stop me from writing, gave “money to the firms owned Chess Management Services, the There are allegations of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad whose case the cash transactions did not appear Promotion Board (FIPB) condi- as it has tried to do in the cases by his son”. Mukerjeas (currently in jail on benami deals worth about Rs sought to put up a brave front, in line with the taxpayers’ profiles. And online tions to receive investment from of leaders of opposition parties, According to the CBI, INX charges of murder their daugh- 1,000 crore and subsequent tax saying he was “not scared at all” verifications of these transactions are underway,” Mauritius. journalists, columnists, NGOs and Media clearly states in its records ter Sheena Bora), INX Media, evasion,” a senior official said. and will continue to fight against Chandra said. Of the 17.92 lakh, so far 9.72 lakh Congress leader and son of civil society organisations,” he said. that Rs 10 lakh was given to Advantage Strategic Consulting A team of about 100 tax the “fascist forces”. individuals responded to SMSes and e-mails sent former union minister P Chid- The Congress on Tuesday said Advantage Strategic Consulting Services and its Director Padma department officials and police Bihar Chief Minister Nit- by the income tax department. ambaram, Karti, said he has not that none of its leaders or that of (P) Limited, a firm “indirectly” Vishwanathan. personnel are conducting the ish Kumar on Tuesday spoke Jaitley defended searches at the homes of his done anything wrong and alleged the opposition would be cowed owned by Karti, for management The CBI, which searched Chi- raids, they said. for the first time on the allega- predecessor P Chidambaram and his son as also a political vendetta behind the CBI down by the politics of “revenge consultancy charged towards FIPB dambaram’s home in Nugam- The BJP had last week tions of “shady” land deals on RJD chief Lalu Prasad, saying the day of reck- raids. and vendetta” which had “become notification and clarification. bakkam in Chennai, also carried accused Prasad, his MP-daugh- Lalu Prasad and his family say- oning has come for many and they will be held His father issued a strong state- the DNA of this BJP government”. The FIR also alleges that out searches at the house of for- ter Misa Bharti and his two sons, ing if the BJP has documents to accountable for their misdeeds. ment in response to say that the Union Minister Piyush Goyal invoices of approximately Rs 3.5 mer media baron Peter Mukerjea, both Bihar government minis- back the charges it should move government was using the CBI and rejected Chidambaram’s charge crore were raised in favour of INX sources said. ters, of being involved in cor- the court. Radicalisation MEETING OF MINDS is a trans-national HC transfers missing JNU phenomenon student case to CBI RAJNATH SINGH Mamata, Sonia brainstorm ZAFAR ABBAS next on July 17. The student had gone missing a day after an In today’s NEW DELHI: The Delhi altercation with some ABVP on consensus President High Court on Tuesday trans- students on the night of Octo- ferred the investigation into ber 14, 2016. The RSS students’ SIMONTINI BHATTACHARYA candidate for the presidential poll. paper the disappearance of Jawaha- wing in JNU has denied any Banerjee said if the Opposition rlal Nehru University (JNU) involvement in his disappear- NEW DELHI: West Bengal Chief wanted, it could set aside differ- ... student Najeeb Ahmad, miss- ance. The high court had on Minister Mamata Banerjee batted ences for this purpose. CITY ing since last October, to the May 12 rapped the police over for a joint candidate for the upcom- “There is still time and we will Central Bureau of Investiga- the manner of its probe into ing presidential election at a meet- meet again. But the government SEX RACKET: LIVE-IN DUO NABBED 4 tion (CBI) from the police with the disappearance of Ahmad, ing on Tuesday with Congress should also take the initiative for immediate effect. saying it appeared to be look- President Sonia Gandhi. a consensus candidate,” she said. NATION A bench of Justices G S ing for an “escape route” and The Trinamool Congress chief Banerjee said she would not dis- Sistani and Rekha Palli trans- was “beating around the bush”. said names were not discussed, close the discussions that took place ‘HOPE FOR SOVEREIGN, UNITED PALESTINE’ 5 ferred the matter to the CBI on The court had said the con- but the need for consensus was but stressed that an ideological fight a plea by the student’s mother duct of the police showed it reiterated.