Income tax sleuths during a survey on the business premises of a leading wholesale cracker dealer were allegedly manhandled by the owners of the organization on Thursday afternoon.
"A brief scuffle took place between the I-T officials and the owners of Trade Friends while they entered the premises of the organization. The I-T officials have alleged that they were manhandled by the owners of the organization during the raid," said officer in charge of Kotwali Police Station Arvind Kumar lal.
According to a senior police official, no complaint has been lodged so far in this regard from any side. The scuffle, which took place for around half an hour, but the matter was reported to be settled later and the raid continued till late night, sources said.
The survey was being conducted on the wholesale cracker shop of Kamal Singhania located at Upper Bazaar as well as his other establishments located at Kishoreganj and Ormanjhi.
"No complaint has been lodged so far in this regard from any of the sides and the survey is being conducted right now," said SP City Manoj Ratan Chauthe.
A family member of Singhanias alleged that the IT officials misbehaved with them. However, no complaint has been filed so far in this case till the filing of this report.
Pulak Singhania alleged that the scuffle took place after the IT officials tried to enter the premises without disclosing their identity. When the private security persons tried to interrupt them, the officials allegedly pushed them aside and started grabbing their mobile phones saying they could not make calls during the raid.
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Cracker dealer manhandles IT team during survey: Police
"They were badly treating the people present there," Pualk said and added.that some of the security guards were injured during the scuffle. later, they called up the police and tried to settle the matter.
"We will take the matter to court as such a conduct by the employees of the central government is not acceptable to us. They do not know how to deal with people," said Singhania.
According to highly placed sources in the police department, the matter was tried to be settled as both the parties are not willing to drag the matter to the court. The Singhanias were also reported to be cooperating later in the survey.
However, sources in the local police said the Singhanias intentionally entered into a scuffle with the IT officials since they wanted to remove some stuff from the premises and they were successful in their attempt.
Sources in the Income Tax department said the IT officials are likely to disclose more about the survey/raid on Friday.