Patna, Dec 05: The Income Tax Department, which is probing the assets of Ranjit Singh, the kingpin of the CAT paper leak racket, has found that he had filed returns only for the past two years under a changed name. The investigation wing of the I-T Department has traced the Permanent Account Number (PAN) of Ranjit, which he had procured in the name of Dr Kumar Suman Singh, highly placed sources in the I-T Department said here today.

They said it has come into light that Ranjit had filed his tax returns for only 2001-02 and 2002-03 under the name of Dr Kumar Suman Singh.

The I-T officials are investigating Ranjit's returns for the last six years, the sources said, adding that a probe has also been ordered on November 26 in view of reports that he had huge assets in Bihar, Delhi, Mumbai and other places. They, however, did not divulge the details of Ranjit's tax returns filed in the past two years on the ground that the matter was still under investigation.

Bureau Report