The Revenue Tax division’s marathon searches at Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Swarup Biswas’ residence in Kolkata over alleged tax evasion got here to an finish after round 70 hours on Saturday with the officers leaving the premises with a number of paperwork. Swarup is state minister Aroop Biswas’ brother.
The I-T division has accused Swarup of tax evasion and possession of belongings disproportionate to his recognized sources of earnings, sources mentioned.
In response to experiences, the I-T division officers reached Swarup’s flat at Sahapur Colony in New Alipore in Kolkata round 5.30 am on Wednesday. The searches continued for the subsequent three days and ended at round 7pm on Saturday.
Sources mentioned he has been requested to look earlier than the I-T division’s Kolkata workplace with some paperwork inside 15 days.
Swarup’s spouse Jui Biswas, who’s a TMC councillor, mentioned, “Within the final 4 to 5 years, which BJP chief’s home has been searched by the central company? …Two Opposition chief ministers have already been arrested. In actual fact, the Modi authorities is afraid of all Opposition leaders who get pleasure from mass assist.”
Referring to the searches as “harassment”, state minister Aroop Biswas mentioned, “It’s a political revenge. They will’t battle us electorally, so we’re being harassed on this approach. We’re Mamata Banerjee’s loyalists, we’ll by no means give up to such ways. We have now absolutely cooperated with the Revenue Tax division’s investigation. I answered all the things they requested me.”