Income Tax (IT) sleuths conducted raids at about two dozen premises of six business establishments in the city and a few other towns on Wednesday, IT sources said. According to information, simultaneous raids were conducted in Bhopal, Indore and Hoshangabad.
One of the business establishments that run educational institutes belong to Bharatiya Janata Party leader Shailendra Sharma. Other groups being raided are associated with hospital, medicine, hotel and education institutes.
The investigation wing of the IT department in a major action raided many reputed institutions of the State, including that of former Madhya Pradesh Minister laxmikant Sharma’s son and BJP leader Shailendra Sharma’s Nishat colony located residence and his college.
The raid was also conducted at Ayodhya by-pass located Kakda Homes resident Sandesh Sharma who is associated with the Narmada Hospital. The investigation wing also raided Noble Multi Specialty Hospital located at Misrod while the other institutions raided include Manohar Dairy, Shiva Construction Company and some big suppliers of the surgical items. Shiva Construction Company is owned by Padamjeet Singh Chandok, Noble Multi Speciality Hospital is owned by Rajeev Mishra and Padma Mishra while Manohar Dairy is run by Murlidhar and Manohar Harwani.
The raids that started at 6 am simultaneously at about 23 places continued till late in the evening include 21 places in the state capital while one team each raided at Manohar Foods and Sweet in Indore and one team carried out the action in Hoshangabad.
According to the IT department sources officials of surrounding places were called in the State capital a day ahead of the raids that is on Tuesday. later they were sent at unknown destination and today separate teams were constituted and sent for action at Bhopal, Indore and Hoshangabad.