The pile of cash found in Dheeraj Sahu’s hideouts made the ‘biggest’ record, the counting of notes did not end even after 5 days

The raids going on for the last five days at the premises of Congress Rajya Sabha MP Dheeraj Sahu are still going on. The Income Tax team has so far raided 10 locations of Dheeraj Sahu. Cash worth more than Rs 300 crore has been recovered so far in the raids conducted in three states. If sources are to be believed, this figure may cross Rs 500 crore.

Dheeraj Sahu Income Tax Raid The raids going on for the last five days at the residences of Congress’s Dhankuber Rajya Sabha MP Dheeraj Sahu are still going on. The Income Tax Department team has so far raided 10 locations of Dheeraj Sahu. Cash worth more than Rs 300 crore has been seized so far in the raids conducted in Jharkhand, Odisha, and West Bengal. If sources are to be believed, this figure may cross Rs 500 crore.

Officials say this is the largest amount of black money seized by any investigating agency in a single operation. Never before has such a huge amount of black money been recovered simultaneously.

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Counting of bundles of notes found in 176 bags continues

The Income Tax Department started raids against Boudh Distillery Private Limited of Odisha on 6 December. Here the Income Tax Department team has found 176 bags filled with notes. Of these, the counting of 140 bags has been completed, while the counting of the remaining bags is still going on.

Additional machines and staff have been deployed to speed up the counting of notes. According to the information, 40 machines and more than 50 officials have been deployed to count the notes. To ensure that the counting of notes does not stop, officials are working in multiple shifts.

According to the latest information, CISF personnel have also been deployed outside Boudh Distilleries in Balangir, Odisha.

What did the regional manager of SBI say?

Bhagat Behera, regional manager of SBI, Odisha, said on Sunday that we have received a total of 176 bags, out of which 140 have been counted so far. The remaining counting will be done today. Three more officers of the bank and 50 of ours are busy counting the notes. 40 machines have been brought to count the notes. Currently, notes are being counted from 25 machines, while 15 machines have been kept as backup.

257 crores were found at Kanpur businessman’s place

Officials say this is the largest amount of black money seized by any investigating agency in a single operation. Never before has such a huge amount of black money been recovered together. If we look at the recent big raids of the Income Tax Department, in 2019, cash worth Rs 257 crore was seized in the raid conducted against a businessman in Kanpur, UP this raid

It was done at the premises of businessman Piyush Jain. At that time Piyush Jain’s name was added to the name of Samajwadi Party. Even at that time, the politics of Uttar Pradesh and the country were heated regarding this.

Difficulties increased for Congress and Dheeraj Sahu

The country’s politics has also heated up regarding Dheeraj Sahu. BJP is demanding answers from Congress on corruption. The Prime Minister himself has also taken a dig.

Congress is not able to give any answer on this issue. Congress leader Dheeraj Sahu seems to be keeping his distance from black money. Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh says that the party has nothing to do with Dheeraj Sahu’s business. They should come forward and clarify things regarding this.

What happened till now?

1. Income Tax Department raids on locations in Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Odisha.
2. Property worth more than Rs 300 crore has been recovered so far from various locations.
3. 176 bags filled with wads of currency notes were found at Boudh Distilleries premises in Odisha.
4. Possibility of getting Rs 350 crore from the bag found from Boudh Distilleries.
5. There is also a claim of finding 3 suitcases full of jewelry.
6. There is also a claim of finding 3 suitcases full of jewelry.
7. The highest amount of black money ever found in one operation.
8. The seized property is being deposited in the government banks of Odisha.
9. Raids may also be conducted at many places in the liquor business.

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