After the Income tax survey at the premises of Sanwariya group of companies, the State Government has initiated investigation against the Group and its CMD Anil Agrawal.
Principal Secretary of the Agriculture department Rajesh Rajora has written a letter to Managing Director of Mandi Board Arun Pande asking whether any irregularities have been committed by Agrawal in the department.
Rajora told that he has asked Pande to examine the records related to Sanwariya Group and physically verify the stocks. For the purpose, he has been asked to form different teams comprising senior officials of the Board and Agriculture department. Pande has been asked to submit a detailed report within four weeks.
Notably, the IT sleuths had raided around a dozen premises of the Group in different parts of the State and tax evasion of more than Rs 150 crore has come to fore so far. Sanwariya is a popular name in the field of Agro industries in the State.
Group’s premises were raided at Bhopal, Itarsi, Betul, Mandideep and Harda. Raids were also conducted at the head office of the company located in Arera Colony and their office situated at Metro Plaza. Offices of Group Directors Anil, Satish and Ashok Sanwariya, their rice plants, Dal Mills and factories of food products were also raided.
Meanwhile, IT sources claimed that Anil Agrawal was not helping the officials in recording his statements. He was trying to mislead the officials and due to this, the process of recording his statements could not be completed till Friday.