GUWAHATI: Cash amounting over Rs 14 lakh was once seized from a lodge room in Nagaon ahead of the second one phase of LS polls on Monday evening. Police have nabbed 3 persons in connection with the case.
The seizure was once made right through a joint raid by means of Nagaon Police, Income Tax cellular and flying squad officials. Nagaon will pass to the polls on April 18. The arrested persons were recognized as Sakil Akhtar, Jiten Goswami and Arindam Kakoty.
“Acting on a tip-off, a lodge room was once raided in Nagaon’s Hoiborgaon area on Monday evening. In the raid, Rs 14. 93 lakh cash was once seized. The trio have been later launched on bail,” a supply mentioned.
A preliminary investigation has published that the lodge room was once booked by means of a senior Congress leader and the trio have been allegedly close aides of Congress leaders in Nagaon. “The cash was once found within envelopes carrying Congress’s symbols. The envelopes have been filled with cash starting from Rs 2000 to Rs 10,000,” the supply added.
Reacting to the incident, BJP has accused Congress of distributing cash in spaces under Nagaon parliamentary seat ahead of the polls. Congress nominee Pradyut Bordoloi mentioned, “The money was once meant for Congress’s polling brokers. The money is legitimate and the entire essential documentation has been done for it. It’s a conspiracy to defame Congress.” Bordoloi is contesting against BJP’s Rupak Sharma.
In separate operations, Rs 12 lakh has been seized from Hojai and the city’s Athgaon area on Tuesday. Two persons have been also nabbed in the operations. “The investigation directorate of income tax, NE area, has thus far seized Rs 7.33 crore from the date of announcement of polls. This large haul right through in the last one month a ways exceeds cash seizure of Rs 1.21 crore made right through the 2014 normal election. It is essential that nearly 75% of the seizures have taken place up to now two weeks and include operations in accordance with impartial intelligence against moneylenders and interceptions at airports by means of Air Intelligence Units (AIU) around the area,” mentioned an reputable commentary from the directorate on Tuesday.
Principal director of the investigation directorate of income tax (NE area), Sanjay Bahadur, too, held a meeting with the entire officers of the directorate to plan methods for further tightening the election expenditure monitoring process. “The AIUs are also monitoring unscheduled and chartered personal flights at all airports and income tax surveillance groups have requested state district government to alert them about helicopter landings in the districts. A special process force (STF) is being constituted to research hundreds of suspicious bank transactions involving high-value cash deposits and withdrawals,” added the commentary.
The seizure was once made right through a joint raid by means of Nagaon Police, Income Tax cellular and flying squad officials. Nagaon will pass to the polls on April 18. The arrested persons were recognized as Sakil Akhtar, Jiten Goswami and Arindam Kakoty.
“Acting on a tip-off, a lodge room was once raided in Nagaon’s Hoiborgaon area on Monday evening. In the raid, Rs 14. 93 lakh cash was once seized. The trio have been later launched on bail,” a supply mentioned.
A preliminary investigation has published that the lodge room was once booked by means of a senior Congress leader and the trio have been allegedly close aides of Congress leaders in Nagaon. “The cash was once found within envelopes carrying Congress’s symbols. The envelopes have been filled with cash starting from Rs 2000 to Rs 10,000,” the supply added.
Reacting to the incident, BJP has accused Congress of distributing cash in spaces under Nagaon parliamentary seat ahead of the polls. Congress nominee Pradyut Bordoloi mentioned, “The money was once meant for Congress’s polling brokers. The money is legitimate and the entire essential documentation has been done for it. It’s a conspiracy to defame Congress.” Bordoloi is contesting against BJP’s Rupak Sharma.
In separate operations, Rs 12 lakh has been seized from Hojai and the city’s Athgaon area on Tuesday. Two persons have been also nabbed in the operations. “The investigation directorate of income tax, NE area, has thus far seized Rs 7.33 crore from the date of announcement of polls. This large haul right through in the last one month a ways exceeds cash seizure of Rs 1.21 crore made right through the 2014 normal election. It is essential that nearly 75% of the seizures have taken place up to now two weeks and include operations in accordance with impartial intelligence against moneylenders and interceptions at airports by means of Air Intelligence Units (AIU) around the area,” mentioned an reputable commentary from the directorate on Tuesday.
Principal director of the investigation directorate of income tax (NE area), Sanjay Bahadur, too, held a meeting with the entire officers of the directorate to plan methods for further tightening the election expenditure monitoring process. “The AIUs are also monitoring unscheduled and chartered personal flights at all airports and income tax surveillance groups have requested state district government to alert them about helicopter landings in the districts. A special process force (STF) is being constituted to research hundreds of suspicious bank transactions involving high-value cash deposits and withdrawals,” added the commentary.
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