The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) and Income Tax (IT) Department will join the probe into the alleged benami assets of former K. R. Puram tahsildar S. Ajith Kumar Rai, who is in the custody of Lokayukta police after being arrested in connection with a Disproportionate Assets (DA) case, sources said.
Given the DA discovered during the search by the Lokayukta and allegations of benami properties, the I-T Department will launch a probe soon, sources said. The I-T Department is the competent authority for enforcement of The Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Amendment Act, 2016.
The ED has already launched a preliminary probe into the alleged benami properties and allegations of money laundering against Mr. Rai, and will soon register an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR), sources in the ED said.
