Bhopal: The Income Tax Department, during
its four-day-long raids, has unearthed Rs 7.7-crore cash,
jewellery and related wealth documents to the tune of worth
more than Rs 500-crore allegedly amassed by some persons
including three IAS officers in MP and Chhattisgarh.
"The raids ended today and a total of Rs 7.7-crore
(undisclosed money) was surrendered to us by different persons
in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh," a top IT official said.
A sum of Rs 7.2-crore was surrendered by different
persons in Madhya Pradesh while the rest amount was
surrendered by one person in Chhattisgarh during the raids, he
said.
IT officials were scanning and examining the documents
recovered during the raids which unearthed wealth to the tune
of more than Rs 500-crore unlawfully amassed, among others by
IAS couple Arvind Joshi, Tinu Joshi -- both principal
secretary ranked officers in Madhya Pradesh -- and
Chhattisgarh Agriculture Secretary B L Agarwal, sources said.
During the raids at the residence of Joshi couple
here, cash of Rs 3.4-crore, jewellery, foreign currency and
documents related to wealth, other things were recovered.
Similarly illegal property, cash, jewellery and
documents pertaining to huge wealth of more than Rs 300-crore
was unearthed during the raids at Agrawal and his associates'
residences at Raipur in Chhattisgarh, an IT source said.
IT officials raided 13 places here and seven places in
Raipur.
A draft policy to tackle the problem of unregulated
installation of mobile towers, which was brought before the
Standing Committee earlier, underlined that cellular service
providers will be able to erect such towers only in
non-residential areas. However, permission will be given for
setting up towers on multi-storied buildings too, it had said.
Those service providers who have illegally set up towers
will have to apply to the MCD for regularisation failing which
the structures will be demolished, the draft had said.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, February 07, 2010, 22:25