IT raids

The Income Tax department had counted cash worth Rs.300 crore and expected the seized money to be around Rs.350 crore.

IT Department has recovered hundreds of crores of unaccounted cash from premises linked to Congress' Rajya Sabha MP Dhiraj Prasad Sahu

Congress party has officially distanced itself from the businesses of the party leader Dheeraj Sahu after I-T raids found upto ₹300 crore

Nearly 20 more bags of cash were seized from the house of one Bunty Sahu in connected to liquor factories in Odisha.

As reported by Odia media, 157 bags and sacks full of cash were brought to the SBI branch in Bolangir. When the bags fell short, this cash was filled in sacks. The cash was then loaded into trucks and taken to the bank.

The police have recovered an almirah full of currency notes at one of the premises linked to Dhiraj Sahu. The counting of notes is still in progress. ANI reported that the counting of notes up to Rs 50 crore was completed by yesterday.

After the seizures, opposition parties including BJP, JD(S) and BRS have alleged that Congress government in the state is using such ways to collect funds for upcoming state assembly elections in five states.

Meanwhile, earlier today Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said the government is after the BBC instead of accepting an Opposition demand on a Joint Parliamentary Committee on Adani-Hindenburg matter.

On October 7, the IT department had conducted raids at 70 premises linked to Maharashtra Deputy CM Ajit Pawar and his kins

The Income Tax dept had conducted raids for 3 days in a row at 28 locations across the country linked to actor Sonu Sood and his aides