NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, MAR 2
The Income Tax department, Chennai has established a round the clock control room with a toll-free number to receive complaints from the public on the illegal money transactions during the assembly elections in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
A statement issued by the department, in connection with the State Legislative General Assembly election 2021, to Tamil Nadu and Puducherry and bye-election to Kanyakumari Parliamentary constituency to be held on April 6, the ECI has sought the assistance of the Directorate General of the Income Tax (investigation) to monitor election expenditure.
The role of the directorate is to provide assistance for free and transparent fair elections by controlling the role of unaccounted funds in the election process, it said.
In pursuance of this objective, the investigative directorate will take proactive steps to discover and seize unaccounted funds intended to be utilized for electioneering.
“As part of this initiative, the Director-General of Income-tax (Investigation), Tamil Nadu and Puducherry establishes a round the lock control room with toll-free number, designated fax and facility email and WhatsApp to receive complaints/ information from the public,” the statement said.
Persons who have knowledge/information about storage, possession or movement of large amounts of cash, jewellery or valuables have been requested to pass on the information through any of the above modes of communication mentioned above, the statement added.
