The Income Tax (IT) Department’s raids continued for a second day on Thursday at various locations linked to the Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan in connection with Ali Jauhar Trust.
At least 30 teams of the IT Department are continuously engaged in investigation on the premises of Mr. Khan’s house in Rampur, the Muhammad Ali Jauhar University premises, house of Chamraua MLA from the SP Naseer Ahmad Khan, apart from the establishment of CA P Gopal & Company on Delhi Road in Saharanpur. The IT team also searched a residence at New Samrat Vikram Colony in Saharanpur. Raids continue at various other locations in Lucknow, Saharanpur and Ghaziabad among a few other districts in Uttar Pradesh.
Their is no official word from the IT Department but it is believed the raids are linked to the Ali Jauhar Trust which runs the Muhammad Ali Jauhar University in Rampur whose founder and chancellor is Mr. Khan.
