In his first media interplay after the latest Income Tax raids on his premises, Congress MP Dhiraj Sahu claimed that the cash has nothing to do with his get together or some other political outfit. His statements got here days after the IT Department unearthed greater than Rs 300 crore from totally different places of the chief.
Speaking to the media, the Rajya Sabha MP stated he’s harm as that is the first time that this type of incident has taken place within the final 30-35 years of his political profession. What is going on in the present day makes me unhappy. I can admit that the cash that has been recovered belongs to my agency. The money that has been recovered is expounded to my liquor corporations; it’s the proceeds from the sale of liquor,” Sahu instructed information company ANI.
Sahu on how he made fortune
Sahu additionally gave an account of how he made cash by way of his totally different companies together with colleges, faculties and different entities. “My elder brother has been in politics and we have done a lot of development work. My father used to help the poor and we have opened many colleges and schools. I have a liquor business, which is run by my family and relatives,” he stated. He additional stated that his agency has been in enterprise for over 100 years.
“You may also know that transactions in the liquor business are done in cash only. My firm has been in business for over 100 years. The money that has been seized belongs to him,” he added.
‘No political get together is linked to cash’
Sahu went on to say that neither Congress nor some other political get together had something to do with the cash that had been recovered from his premises. “This money has nothing to do with Congress or any other political party as is being said…The money is not all mine, it belongs to my family and other related firms…IT has raided now, I will give account for everything,” he added.
What Sahu stated on BJP’s allegations?
Responding to the BJP’s declare that the money being black cash, Sahu stated that permit the Income Tax Department determine whether or not it’s ‘Kaala Dhan’ or ‘Safed Dhan’. He additionally confused that the cash is from the enterprise corporations of my household. “Let the side of the Income Tax Department come whether it is ‘Kaala Dhan’ or ‘Safed Dhan’. I am not in the business line. The members of my family will answer this,” Sahu added.
IT raids at Sahu’s premises
It ought to be talked about right here that the Income tax officers concluded an IT raid at Sahu’s premises in Odisha’s Balangir. So far, the IT Department has recovered 351 crore in money throughout its searches at Boudh Distillery Private Limited, an organization primarily based in Odisha. The firm is allegedly linked to Dhiraj Sahu. Meanwhile, the Congress has distanced itself from the huge money haul from the MP’s dwelling asserting that solely Sahu can clarify the cash recovered from the premises related to him.
(With inputs from ANI)
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