Boudh Distilleries Private Limited’s premises were raided by the Income Tax Department on Sunday. At this point, the fifth day of the central agency’s raids began. Congress Rajya Sabha MP from Jharkhand, Dheeraj Sahu, is connected to the Baldev Sahu Infra Pvt Ltd company, a group company of Boudh Distilleries that is included in the search. Additionally stationed at the location were CISF personnel. Investigations by Income Tax officers against Boudh Distilleries Private Limited (BDPL) and affiliated companies have yielded over Rs 200 crore in cash, seized from multiple locations in Odisha and Jharkhand.
“The counting of cash, however, is still going on,” an IT official said on Saturday.
Multiple raids were also conducted at Bolangir and Sambalpur in Odisha, whereas in Jharkhand, Ranchi and Lohardaga raids were conducted.
Facing heat after crores of rupees were unearthed from premises linked to their Rajya Sabha MP Dheeraj Sahu, Congress on Saturday said that the party is in no way connected with the businesses of the former and that the lawmaker from Jharkhand should explain the matter.
Jairam Ramesh, the Congress General Secretary (Communications), claimed on social media that only Dheeraj Sahu could account for the enormous sums of money that were purportedly discovered in his properties by income-tax authorities.
“The Indian National Congress is in no way connected with the businesses of Dheeraj Sahu, MP. Only he can explain, and should explain, how huge amounts of cash have been reportedly unearthed by the income-tax authorities from his properties,” the Congress leader wrote on X.
