I-T dept detain AAP MLA after cash 'linked' to him recovered from property dealer's location
New Delhi, Mar 08: An Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA has been detained by the Income Tax Department sleuths for questioning after their team surveying a builder here on Friday found over Rs 2 crore cash allegedly "linked" to the legislator and his associates, officials said.
They said Uttam Nagar MLA Naresh Balyan, a property dealer and 2 others are being questioned by the tax officials in Dwarka to ascertain if the recovered cash was "illegal and unaccounted."
"Balyan has been detained for questioning after it emerged that the recovered cash had purported links with him. The tax officials are questioning the MLA and others present with him about the source of the money," a senior official said.
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The
incident
took
place
shortly
after
1
PM
when
an
I-T
team
reached
the
office
of
a
real
estate
dealer
to
conduct
a
"routine
survey"
on
a
tip-off
about
some
cash
changing
hands.
A
survey
procedure
entails
I-T
officials
visiting
only
the
business
premises
of
an
assessee
and
not
their
residential
or
other
locations.
Balyan and few other people were found at the spot and intercepted by the tax team at the Dwarka office of the builder and they were refrained from leaving the premises as the cash amount of over Rs 2 crore was recovered from the premise.
After the recovery of the cash, the department has "converted" its limited action of survey into a full-fledged 'search and raid operation' and few more premises of the people linked in the case are being covered now, the official said.