Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the Income Tax Department has deployed a team of 100 Income Tax officers and employees in the five Lok Sabha seats of Uttarakhand to curb black money and unaccounted cash.
Along with this, every activity of the election is being monitored from the control room, which is operated 24 hours. The Air Intelligence Unit is monitoring the airports and special teams have been deployed at railway stations and border checkpoints.
T. S. Mapwal, Additional Director of the Investigation Branch of the Income Tax Department, has been appointed as the State's nodal officer for the elections. He said that teams have been activated in every district of the State regarding unaccounted cash, and are taking action to legally seize cash upon receiving information.
