The biggest and shocking news of this time is coming out from the politics of Uttar Pradesh. The raids by the Income Tax Department, which continued for the last two days on the premises of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)’s strong leader and lone MLA Umashankar Singh, have now ended.
This action taken at his residence in Vipulkhand, a posh area of Lucknow, has stunned everyone. According to sources, such a huge pile of notes was found inside the MLA’s house that the officials were left in tears. during the raid near Rs 10 crore cash Has been recovered.
Raid in filmy style: ‘Mahendra Sang Sangeeta’ sticker gives a hoax
The most interesting thing about this action of the Income Tax Department was its ‘film style’. In view of the huge crowd and security of supporters of MLA Umashankar Singh from Rasra seat of Ballia, the officials made a master plan. The teams of the department arrived in private vehicles instead of government vehicles. on these trains ‘Sangita Kumari with Mahendra Kumar’ There were wedding stickers with K’s name on them. People around thought that a wedding procession had arrived, but in reality these officers, who had come posing as wedding guests, surrounded the MLA’s house from all sides in the blink of an eye.
‘Surgical strike’ on 30 locations, stir among influential people
The Income Tax Department kept this operation very secret and raided many districts of UP simultaneously. MLAs and their close relatives in Lucknow, Ballia, Sonbhadra, Kaushambi, Mirzapur and Prayagraj. more than 30 bases But the search was conducted simultaneously. In Lucknow, the office of the MLA’s company ‘Chhatrashakti Construction’ and the premises of his special contractor Faizi were searched. At the same time, the team also examined the documents for hours at the house of CB Gupta, his close associate in the mining business in Sonbhadra.
Illegal mining strings and names of big officials
Umashankar Singh’s name has been in controversies earlier also. Last year, a CAG report had revealed that due to illegal mining in Sonbhadra, the government treasury lost almost Rs. Loss of Rs 60 crore Had happened. During this raid, the Income Tax Department has found some such secret documents, which have given sleepless nights to the department. In these papers, the names of many big bureaucrats (officials) and the accounts of huge amounts given to them are recorded. It is feared that the money of many influential officials is involved in this black game of mining.
Disclosure of crores of cash and benami properties
According to the information received at present, cash worth Rs 10 crore has been found from the Lucknow house alone, for which the help of machines had to be taken to count. Apart from this, huge amount of documents of benami properties and evidence of tax evasion have also been seized. Umashankar Singh is considered a big player in the road construction and mining sector in UP. In such a situation, this action has created panic not only in the political circles but also in the administrative department.