On Thursday, Income Tax Department teams carried raids across the city at seven locations and searched lockers, and also seized incriminating documents related to business deals. According to sources from the Income Tax Department, teams consisting of around 100 officers were swooping on businessmen and traders at various locations like Itwari, Butibori, Pratap Nagar and elsewhere. Some residences were scanned, too. Lockers were scanned, and property-related documents incriminating were confiscated. Huge cash was also confiscated in the raids according to reports. A company based in Butibori came under the Income Tax sleuths microscope, too.
Some traders dealing with the supari company were also raided at the locality of Itwari in Parvarpura. A dealer imports supari (betel nut) from Hyderabad and has also reportedly been operating a kharra panni factory that is banned in Maharashtra. The prohibited gutkha and scented tobacco, imported from Madhya Pradesh, are also sold on a massive scale in Nagpur market. The prohibited stuff is also being distributed across the state at many sites. A number of Itwari traders, sources suggested, are connected to the clandestine sector. To avoid any untoward incident, the visiting Income Tax officials were followed by a policeman pose.
