The Income Tax (I-T) authorities continued their raids on premises linked to Congress Rajya Sabha MP Dhiraj Sahu for the fourth consecutive day. The raids have been carried out in properties linked to the influential family at Ranchi, Sabalpur, Bolangir, Titilagarh, Boudh, and Sudargarh in Jharkhand, and Rourkela and Bhubaneswar in Odisha. Till Friday, over ₹220 crore has been recovered in cash during raids at places linked to the mainly Odisha-based distillery group owned by Mr. Sahu and his family.
Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel were present with the I-T team on Friday’s raid at ‘Sushila Niketan’, the family home named after Mr. Sahu’s mother, on Radium Road in Ranchi. Three bags were recovered.
On December 6, the I-T team conducted raids at the Sahu family’s ancestral home in Lohardaga, where about ₹7 crore is reported to have been recovered in cash.
