New Delhi, Aug 08: Finance Minister Jaswant Singh today denied in the Lok Sabha that income tax officials have found large amounts of cash in the premises of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati during a raid conducted at various places. Responding to Samajwadi Party members, the minister said no raids have been conducted by income tax officials at the residence or offices at Noida, Kanpur, Lucknow or Meerut.
However, he said the narcotics department had conducted raids on certain travel agents. IT department officials were also present at the time of raids, he added. Earlier, Mr Akhilesh Singh (SP) raised the issue of raids on the family members of the up chief minister. He was also displaying copies of a newspaper, which carried the report on its front page. Bureau Report