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IT conducted raids at the premises of Dheeraj Sahu in Jharkhand and Odisha for two consecutive days and is said to have recovered almirahs and boxes full of slush money.

NewsBharati    08-Dec-2023 14:59:42 PM
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The Income Tax Department conducted raids at Boudh Distilleries Private Limited (BDPL) in Odisha and Jharkhand. The Income Tax department seized a huge amount of cash during raids at premises linked to Congress Rajya Sabha MP Dhiraj Sahu from Jharkhand. According to reports, cash worth over Rs 300 crores has been seized in this raid.
 
I-T raids on Congress MP Dhiraj Sahu
 
Simultaneous raids at the MP’s premises in Ranchi, Lohardaga and Odisha have led to the recovery of so much cash that trucks were needed to carry it to the bank.
 
It has been reported that the cash counting machines stopped working on the first day of the raid due to overload. According to reports, about Rs 150 crore cash has been counted and about half of the cash is yet to be counted. Gold ornaments and biscuits have been recovered too, which are yet to be counted. As per reports the seized cash alone is worth over 300 crores.
 
These raids are going on at various places in Jharkhand and Odisha. These places are directly or indirectly related to the Congress MP. Since Wednesday, authorities have conducted searches at more than half a dozen companies,
including S Shiw Ganga and Company, Boudh Distillery Pvt Ltd (BDPL), and Ranisati Paddy Processing Private Limited, all on suspicion of tax evasion. Additionally, raids were carried out at the residences of two prominent liquor entrepreneurs, Deepak Sahu and Sanjay Sahu, in Titilagarh, Odisha.
 
 
 
In Bolangir, the liquor making units (bhattis) of Baldeo Sahu & Group of Companies and their offices were raided by dozens of I-T sleuths with CISF personnel. Hundreds of bags and sacks full of cash were brought to the SBI branch in the city where they are being counted since morning of 7th December.
 
The IT sleuths raided the house of Dheeraj Sahu, Congress Rajya Sabha MP from Jharkhand whos is said to be linked to all the liquor companies mentioned above. Almirahs full of cash were reportedly seized at the premises linked to the MP in Lohardaga and Ranchi. Raids were also carried out simultaneously at Sambalpur, Bolangir, Titilagarh, Boudh, Sundargarh, Rourkela and Bhubaneswar.
 
 
 
On Wednesday, the Income Tax team raided the premises of Boudh Distilleries Private Limited and its associated premises. Baldeo Sahu & Group of Companies is a partnership firm of Boudh Distillery Private Limited. The group has several businesses including Kwality Bottlers Private Limited (IMFL Botting), Kishore Prasad Vijay Prasad Beverages Private Limited (which deals in sales and marketing of IMFL Company), Baldev Sahu Infra Private Limited etc.
 
Baldeo Sahu Group of Companies belong to the Sahu family. The company has a 40-year-old liquor manufacturing business in Odisha. It is named after MP Dhiraj Sahu’s father Baldeo Sahu. His other family members are among the directors of the companies in this group.