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The income tax department has asked over 160 fuel pump owners in West Bengal to furnish details of transactions over the past few months after their bank accounts suggested a sharp spike in the demonetisation phase, according to a report published by The Telegraph.
The dealers who have been sent notices include around 40 from Kolkata and its adjoining areas.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the demonetisation drive on November 8 but petrol and diesel pumps were allowed to accept old notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 till December 2.
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