MUMBAI, NOV 2
The Income Tax department has provisionally attached properties worth over Rs 1,000 crore in Maharashtra, Goa and Delhi allegedly linked to close aides of Maharashtra’s Deputy Chief Minister and NCP leader Ajit Pawar, sources said on Tuesday.
The Benami wing of the Income Tax department has issued a provisional attachment order, which, according to sources, is part of their ongoing investigation.
The attached assets include Jarandeshwar Sugar Factory in Maharashtra’s Satara, an official premises in Mumbai, a flat in Delhi, a resort in Goa and land parcels at 27 different locations in Maharashtra.
Sources said that the current market value of these properties is approximately over Rs 1000 crore. However, the book value of these assets is much less.
India Today reported that it learnt that none of these properties are directly owned by Ajit Pawar.
Last month, the Income-Tax Department detected unaccounted income of Rs 184 crore after it raided two real estate business groups in Mumbai and some entities allegedly associated with Ajit Pawar’s relatives.
The I-T department had raided two Mumbai real estate business groups, DB Realty and Shivalik Group, as well as certain individuals and entities associated with them.
