Over Rs 220 crore in cash has been recovered by the Income Tax department after it conducted raids linked to an Odisha-based distillery group in the last three days. According to reports, the Odisha-based liquor firm has links with Congress Rajya Sabha MP from Jharkhand, Dhiraj Prasad Sahu. The cash has been recovered from Boudh Distillery Private Limited (BDPL) in Odisha.
Several note-counting machines were used by the IT sleuths to count the total amount of cash recovered in the raids in the past three days. The IT department raided nearly half a dozen premises of Congress MP Dhiraj Prasad Sahu in Ranchi, Lohardaga and Odisha. Raids are also being conducted in West Bengal.
Several companies have been linked to Sahu's relatives which include Baldev Sahu Infra Private Limited (Fly Ash Bricks), Kwality Bottlers Private Limited and Kishore Prasad Bijay Prasad Beverages Private Limited.
The raids were conducted at some houses, offices, and distillery at Sargipali in Sundargarh city on Wednesday.
The IT team also searched the corporate office of Boudh Distillery Pvt Ltd at Palasapalli in Bhubaneswar, the houses of some company officials, the company's factory and office in Boudh and the Ranisati Rice Mill.
Congress MP hails from prominent business family
Dheeraj Sahu hails from a prominent business and political family of Jharkhand. He has been elected to the Rajya Sabha twice from the Congress.
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