Acting on a tip- off on tax evasion, teams of Income Tax department conducted raids at several shops and offices of hotelier Manjit Johar and collected critical documents in Dehradun on Tuesday.
The raids seem to have triggered panic among the businessmen. Moreover, the administration has deputed policemen after the IT officials sought them for security.Sources revealed that IT teams had conducted raids at around 16 shops and offices of Johar Group in Dehradun, Rishikesh and Delhi on Tuesday. Hotelier Johar is involved in several construction projects. The teams reached on Tuesday morning and began conducting raids at a hotel of Johar on Haridwar Road in Dehradun which continued till the evening. IT teams were tight-lipped while conducting the raids.With raids on, the team had sought help from district administration and police department.
They sealed the offices, allowing no one to get in as long as the raids were on. The teams had also questioned the officials, it is learnt. The IT officials were engaged in collecting documents while this story was being filed. It should be mentioned here that a few month ago, IT teams had conducted similar raids at around dozen shops and offices of Mahalakshmi Builders and Kamal Jewelers.