I-T shares Gadkari companies' details with Pune counterparts

A week after conducting an open inquiry on the premises of companies which invested in Purti Sugar & Power run by BJP chief Nitin Gadkari, Directorate General of Income Tax (Investigations) officials on Thursday shared the retrieved information with their Pune counterparts.

A week after conducting an open inquiry on the premises of companies which invested in Purti Sugar & Power run by BJP chief Nitin Gadkari, Directorate General of Income Tax (Investigations) officials on Thursday shared the retrieved information with their Pune counterparts.

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The Income Tax department had conducted a pan-India inquiry on premises of companies which had invested in Purti Sugar & Power, while it had conducted inquiries at 12 places in Mumbai.

"It was the Pune DG who sought our help to conduct the inquiry. So, after the inquiry, we have submitted our findings to the Pune DG, which will investigate the case further and will submit their report to the appropriate authorities," an I-T department source said.

The Income Tax department's Mumbai office also shared recorded statements of 13 people who were mentioned as "directors" in the initial company that was floated.

According to IT department sources, these companies in Mumbai, which were started with paid-up capital of about Rs. 2000 to Rs. 3000 are fake and inquiries revealed that they did not even find their books of accounts.

I-T sleuths at various locations had also found that offices were being made to look like genuine companies registered with the Registrar of Companies.