Having discovered a huge undisclosed income with some cricketers and bookies, income tax department has decided to proceed against them. Senior it officials said they have also found some new leads against a bookie who had emerged as a key player in the match fixing case.
Even as a debate was on about whether the players and others named by CBI in its report could be prosecuted, highly placed it sources said the department would go ahead in the cases of undisclosed and unaccounted income detected during a nation-wide raid on July 20. The sources said the department had almost finalised the appraisal report about the raids conducted at the premises of several top cricketers, administrators and bookies.
While a major portion of the appraisal report would be finalised by the end of this month, some may spill over to the next month, the sources said.