 "Over Rs 2 cr, 30 kg silver seized from engineer in Meerut")
Cash worth more than Rs 2 crore in both old and new notes, and 30 kilograms of silver have been seized from an engineer of the district irrigation department, an Income Tax official said today.
Simultaneous I-T raids are being conducted since last morning on the residences, office and bank lockers of R K Jain, an executive engineer working in the irrigation department, Joint I-T Commissioner (research) MK Jain said.
The department has till now seized a total of Rs 2.67 crore along with 30 kg of silver from his possession, he said.
The I-T sleuths also seized Rs 2.5 crore in the banned Rs 1,000 notes and 30 kilograms of silver from two lockers of the accused at a bank here, the commissioner said.
Jain said that the engineer is being interrogated.
He was scheduled to retire next month, he said.
Simultaneous I-T raids are being conducted since last morning on the residences, office and bank lockers of R K Jain, an executive engineer working in the irrigation department, Joint I-T Commissioner (research) MK Jain said.
The department has till now seized a total of Rs 2.67 crore along with 30 kg of silver from his possession, he said.
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"We have recovered Rs 22 lakh from his government quarters here of which Rs 17 lakh is in new Rs 2,000 notes," Jain said.
The I-T sleuths also seized Rs 2.5 crore in the banned Rs 1,000 notes and 30 kilograms of silver from two lockers of the accused at a bank here, the commissioner said.
Jain said that the engineer is being interrogated.
He was scheduled to retire next month, he said.
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